UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

EDO PERIOD, C.1849-50

A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Banshu Sodegawa-jiri Fugito hama Sasaki Moritsuna kiba ni te umi o wataru (At Fujito Harbour in Nishikawajiri Sasaki Moritsuna Crosses the Inland Sea on Horseback), published by Yamaguchiya Tobei, with censors' seals Kinugasa and Watanabe, signed by the artist Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and with kiri (paulownia) seal, oban tate-e, approx. 74.5cm x 35.8cm.

See the British Museum, access. no.2008,3037.18512 for another example of this triptych.