Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
O-Miwa dancing on the bridge under cherry blossoms
Title: Uma (Horse)
Series: Mitate jûnishi (Selections for the Twelve Zodiac Signs)
Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
Seal: Kiri-Mon
Publisher: Iseya Sôemon (Taieidô)
Censor: Mura
Date: arround 1845
Size: Oban tate-e, 35,8 x 24 cm
Very good impression, fine colours. Top and left margin minimally trimmed. Old backing. Left margin slightly brownish, on the right side vertical fold along margin. Some waterstaining on rear side. Overall very good condition.
Cf.: Robinson, The Warrior-Prints, Oxford 1982, S38.7. British Museum, Inv. No. 2008,3037.13107; MFA Boston, Bigelow Coll., nos. 11.16370 and 11.36614
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