JAPANESE ART > UKIYO-E WOODBLOCK PRINTS > THE LAST COMBAT OF THE WARRIOR SADATOMO

Lot 01113
N.1 ukiyo-e woodblock print

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

THE LAST COMBAT OF THE WARRIOR SADATOMO

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797-1861), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga 一勇斎国芳画
From the series: Heroes of the Taiheiki 太平記英勇傳
Print title: Ishikawa Sosuke Sadatomo 石川荘助貞和, no. 37 卅七
Print subject: the warrior Sadatomo 貞和, pierced by numerous arrows, fighting to the death in the great battle of Shizugamine 賤ヶ峯大合戦

Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi 山本屋平吉 (Eikyudo 栄久堂)
Censors' seals: Mera 米良, Murata 村田

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Period: ca. 1848-49
Condition: reasonable, some stains, partial fracture of the central vertical fold, partially trimmed margins, backing
Dimensions: 23,5 x 36 cm

Price: EUR 444,00

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