UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Description:

Japan, late Edo period
36,2 cm x11,8 -12 cm
Three coloured woodblock prints. Chûtanzaku banu-e. Series '' Buyu mitate junishi'' (Choice of Heroes for the Twelve Signs). 1) Title: ''Tora '' (Tiger). Kashiwade no Omi Tatebe in combat with a tiger. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Minatoya Kohei. 2) Title: ''Mi ''(Snake). Woodblock print, chu-tanzaku ban-e. Nitta no Shiro (Tadatsune) encounters snakes and a vision of the goddess of the mountain. Signed: IIchiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Minatoya Kohei, Kinsendo. Date: c. 1840. 3) Title: ''Ne'' (Rat). The Wrath of Raigo Ajari. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Minatoya Kohei. Date: c. 1842.
Traces of age, one with backed tear, slightley soiled, slightly trimmed, mounted in passepartout