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KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa (1797 - 1861)

Mitate hakkei: takeadono no rakugan ('Selection for the Eight Views')

Signed:                   Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, with kiri seal. Publisher:              Enshu-ya Matabei Censor's seal:        Mura Date:                      1846 Size:                       ôban triptych (c. 37.x x 25 cms / c. 14 1/2" x 9 7/8", EACH SHEET) Condition: Very good impression, color and condition; tiny binding holes along the margins. - Three separate sheets as issued. - ref. no.:   732980 Price:      € 1,750.00

Masakado drinking sake on a terrace with Kikyô-no-Mae and other ladies watching the flight of wild geese (in the yr. 939). The woodblock-print series Mitate hakkei comprises eight triptychs. Reference: - Robinson, "Kuniyoshi - The Warrior Prints"; Oxford,1982; triptych series: 'T177', p. 177.

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