YOSHITSUNE, GOVERNOR OF IYO PROVINCE (Utagawa Yoshifuji)

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

Artist: Utagawa Yoshifuji 歌川芳藤 (1828-1887), signed Ipposai Yoshifuji ga 一鵬斎芳藤画
From the series: Array of Heroes 英勇揃
Print title: Yoshitsune, Governor of Iyo Province 伊豫守義経
Print subject: Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経

Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei 山口屋藤兵衛 (Kinkodo 錦耕堂)
Censors’ seals: Hama 浜, Magome 馬込

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

Period: 1847-1852
Condition: overall fair, small tears on the margins, tiny holes, some wrinkles
Dimensions: 24,5 x 37 cm

SOLD