Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1797 - 1861
Shimôsa province and Hitachi province
1852
1852
Vertical ôban, 358 x 249 mm
Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, in gourd-shaped Yoshi cartouche; red Toshidama seal
Seals of the censors Mera and Watanabe, date seal and publisher mark
Series: Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade (no. 10) - Kôto nishiki imayô kuni-zukushi
Date: 1852, 7th month
Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi
SHIMÔSA PROVINCE: ASAKURA TOGO WITH HIS PETITION WALKING THROUGH A RIVER (top)
HITACHI PROVINCE: ACTOR ICHIKAWA KIKUJIRÔ II AS THE WIFE OF OGURI TSUMA KOHAGI, BEFORE A WATERFALL (bottom)
Fine impression, colour and condition. Minor binding holes on the left side.
This series is listed as number 171 in Kuniyoshi by Basil Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). Almost all the 34 prints of this series are reproduced in the Kuniyoshi Project
