Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNIYOSHI Utagawa
FICHE 19183
(1797 - 1861)
Twilight Snow at Ishiyama (Ishiyama bosetsu): the warrior Suzuki Shigeyuki
Woodblock print
1852
Impressions on Japan paper, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga, from the series Heroes of the Great Peace (Taiheiki eiyuden), published by Enshûya Hikobei. Censors' seals mera, watanabe, Rat 7.
Sheet: ôban (350 x 243 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: laid on Japan paper, small stains, slightly trimmed in the upper part of the sheet.
350 €
