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KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa (1797 - 1861)

Taiheiki eiyuden (Heroic Stories of the Taiheiki no. 27: The hero Orio Mosuke Yasuharu

Signed:                   Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, with kiri seal. Publisher:              Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Censor's seal:        Mera and Murata Date:                       1848-49 Size:                        oban tate-e (c. 35 x 24 cms / c. 13 3/4" x 9 1/2") Condition: Very good impression and color; backed, slightly trimmed, minor flaws; else good condition. Four more designs from this series are shown in Part II of this kabuki section. ref. no.:    # 743075 - Sold -

Orio Mosuke Yasuharu (Horio Yoshiharu), in early youth, overcoming a huge wild boar, a feat which caused Hideyoshi to take him into his service. Reference: Robinson, "Kuniyoshi - The Warrior Prints"; 1982, no. S62.27, pp. 144-145.

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