Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021

Lot 1132

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £1800

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Description

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

EDO PERIOD, C.1847-50

A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Heike no kyoshaku akugaku (Minamoto Yoshitsune fights Benkei on Gojo Bridge with the help of tengu demons), published by Enshuya Hikobei, with censors' seals Mera and Murata, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, oban tate-e,each approximately 36cm x 25cm. (3)

See the British Museum, access. no.2008,3037.20507 and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, access. no.11.28763VR for other examples of this triptych.