UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

EDO PERIOD, C.1852

A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Seichu Gishi no kikigaki no uchi: uchi-iri hommo no zu (The Forty-Seven Ronin scaling the wall of Moronao's Palace with bamboo ladders by moonlight), embellished with splashed gofun for the snow, published by Mitaya Kihachi in April/May 1852, with censors' seals for Kinugasa and Watanabe, the left-hand side sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and the two other sheets Chooro Kuniyoshi, oban tate-e, each approximately 36cm x 25cm. (3)

See the British Museum, access. no. 2008,3037.18806 for another example of this rare print.