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Read moreUtagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Price Realised GBP 4,750
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GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,000
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Asaina Saburo Yoshihide Wrestling Two Crocodiles at Kotsubo Beach
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Price Realised GBP 4,750
Price Realised GBP 4,750
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Lot Essay
This design is Kuniyoshi's dramatic depiction of a story written by a 19th century poet who in turn based it on a 13th century tale of Shogun Yoriie commanding the strongman Asaina Saburo to perform a trial of strength with Wada Shinzaemon-no-jo Tsunemori. Asaina ends up fighting two crocodiles in the waves in an extraordinary display of his strength. See T. Clark, Kuniyoshi: From the Arthur R. Miller Collection, (Royal Academy of Arts, 2009), cat. 28, p. 81.
For another impression in the British Museum see www.britishmuseum.org museum number 2008,3037.19303.
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For another impression in the British Museum see www.britishmuseum.org museum number 2008,3037.19303.
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Asaina Saburo Yoshihide Wrestling Two Crocodiles at Kotsubo Beach
Estimate: GBP 2,500 - 3,000
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