Name: Catching Whales at Goto and Hirado in Hizen Province or Kishu Province
Brand: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Price: 8000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION OF PRINTS BY UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Catching Whales at Goto and Hirado in Hizen Province or Kishu Province, with a list of the types of whales taken, from the series Nihon meisan tsukushi [Famous Products of Japan]

Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, circa 1840
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 36.9 x 25.4cm.)

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Lot Essay

In this rare design Kuniyoshi shows a panoramic view of the bay with fishermen flensing a whale in the foreground, with four other whales beached nearby.

For another impression in the Kendall Collection, New Bedford Whaling Museum go to http://www.whalingmuseum.org/online_exhibits/manjiro/index_pc_jp.swf

Another impression is illustrated in Juzo Suzuki, Kuniyoshi, (Tokyo, 1992), cat. 359.

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