Lot 3
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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)SANADA YOICHI MUNESADA AND MATANO NO GORO KAGEHISA EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY | SANADA YOICHI MUNESADA AND MATANO NO GORO KAGEHISA, EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1834–35

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • 39 x 26 cm., 15 3/8  x 10 1/4  in. 
woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), sealed kiwame, circa 1834–35 vertical oban:

Condition

- Very good impression, colour and condition. - Untrimmed. - There is a small worm hole to the foot.
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Catalogue Note

The young Minamoto warrior Sanada no Yoichi (centre) fights the Taira supporter Matano no Goro at the Battle of Ishibashiyama in 1180. For an impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.16442, go to: https://www.mfa.org/collections/search