Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Shin Yoshiwara from the set of ten prints Toto meisho (Famous Views of the Eastern Capital)
Found at
Bonhams,
London
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 387
23. May - 23. May 2023
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 387
23. May - 23. May 2023
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: not available
Price realised: not available
Description
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1834
An oban yoko-e print depicting Shin Yoshiwara from the set of ten prints Toto meisho (Famous Views of the Eastern Capital) showing night revellers, three walking and two porters carrying a palanquin with a wealthy patron inside returning home along the Yoshiwara embankment, a pair of piebald puppies snuggled against each other, having fallen asleep at the foot of a street lamp, beneath a moon surrounded by an enormous halo covering a vast expanse of sky, published by Kagaya Kichibei, with censor's seal kiwame, the collector's seal of Henri Vever to the right of the publisher's mark; signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. 23.3cm x 33.5cm (9 1/8in x 13 1/8in).
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1834
An oban yoko-e print depicting Shin Yoshiwara from the set of ten prints Toto meisho (Famous Views of the Eastern Capital) showing night revellers, three walking and two porters carrying a palanquin with a wealthy patron inside returning home along the Yoshiwara embankment, a pair of piebald puppies snuggled against each other, having fallen asleep at the foot of a street lamp, beneath a moon surrounded by an enormous halo covering a vast expanse of sky, published by Kagaya Kichibei, with censor's seal kiwame, the collector's seal of Henri Vever to the right of the publisher's mark; signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. 23.3cm x 33.5cm (9 1/8in x 13 1/8in).
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