Name: UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Brand: Three woodblock prints
Price: 1300.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Three woodblock prints
Each signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, and comprising:

1) Sasai Kyuzo Masayasu, from the series Heroes of the Grand Pacification (Taiheiki eiyuden), with artist’s seal Kiri, censor’s seals Murata (Murata Sahei) and Mera (Mera Ta’ichiro), published by Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyudo), circa 1848-49

2) The Brilliant General (Meisho), Takeda Harunobu Nyudo Shingen, from the series One Hundred Brave Generals at the Battle of Kawanakajima (Kawanakajima hyaku yusho sen no uchi), censor’s seal Fu (Fukatsu Ihei), published by Shimizuya Naojiro, circa 1845

3) Chapter VII, Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momoji no ga), from the series Heroic Comparisons for the Tale of Genji (Buyu nazorae Genji), censor’s seal Mera (Mera Ta’ichiro), published by Ibaya Senzaburo (Dansendo), circa 1844
The first a vertical oban: 37.5 x 25.8 cm. (14³⁄₄ x 10¹⁄₄ in.)
The second a vertical oban: 37.2 x 25.5 cm. (14³⁄₄ x 10 in.)
The third an otanzaku: 37.5 x 17.3 cm. (14³⁄₄ x 6³⁄₄ in.)

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The first print is in the collection of The British Museum, museum no. 2008,3037.05627, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2008-3037-05627

For the second print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.38067, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/463396/the-brilliant-general-meisho-takeda-harunobu-nyudo-shinge
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