Name: Four woodblock prints
Brand: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Price: 700.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Four woodblock prints:

Doke Daruma ken [the clowning Daruma playing ken], from the series Doke Daruma [The "buffoon" Daruma], the actors Nakamura Utaemon IV (right), Ichikawa Kuzo II (center) and Matsumoto Koshiro VI (left) playing the game of ken, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi giga, artist's seal Yoshikiri, circa 1847-48

Doke ken awase [A comical ken game], signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi giga, artist's seal Yoshikiri, published by Ibaya Senzaburo (Dansendo), 2nd month 1847

Shitenno no mitate [Parody of the Four Heavenly Kings], from the series Hyakki Yakyu , four turtles, one riding a crab, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi giga, circa 1840's

A key block print, from the same series as above, with turtles behaving as humans, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi giga, circa 1840's
The first and second vertical oban (35.7 x 24.2cm.) and (34.6 x 23.2cm.) respectively
The third and fourth (18.8 x 24.5cm.) and (19.5 x 26.3cm.) respectively

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For another impression of the first and second in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, see www.mfa.org accession numbers 11.21833 and 11.28752 respectively.

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