Lot 14
Lot 14
Meisho Kyushu yori joraku no toki

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

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    Meisho Kyushu yori joraku no toki

    Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

    Price Realised GBP 2,125
    Price Realised GBP 2,125
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    A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION OF PRINTS BY UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

    Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
    Meisho Kyushu yori joraku no toki

    Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Santetsu, circa 1850
    Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 38 x 26cm.)
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    Lot Essay

    Captain and nobleman Yoshibei leaps from his vessel to a rock and sacrifices himself to save his ship off the coast of Buzen Province.

    Catalogued in B.W. Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints, (Oxford, 1982), T251.

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