Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021

Lot 1124

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £380

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Description

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

EDO PERIOD, C.1847-52

A Japanese giga (humorous) woodblock print triptych entitled Shiritori nenashi gusa (Stories Told from End to End), published by Jakurindo, with censors' seals Fuku and Muramatsu, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi giga and with the artist's kiri paulownia seal, oban tate-e, approx. 35.7cm x 74.2cm.

See the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, access. no.11.36496a-c for another example of this triptych.