HYOSUKE AND MIZUEMON FIGHTING IN THE RAIN (Utagawa Hiroshige)
$1,185.00
Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858), signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga 一立斎広重画
From the series: Illustrations of Loyalty and Vengeance 忠孝仇討図絵
Print title: The Tale of Kameyama 亀山咄
Print subject: Ishii Hyosuke 石井兵助 battles Fujikawa Mizuemon 藤川水右エ門 and his henchmen near Kameyama Castle 亀山城 during a pouring rain
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Jakurindo 若林堂)
Carver: Yokokawa Takejiro 横川竹二郎, marked Hori Take 彫竹
Censor’s seal: Hama 浜
Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing
Period: ca. 1844-45
Condition: good, slight wrinkles, small paper thinning, backing
Dimensions: 25 x 37 cm
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