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Utagawa Yoshifusa (active circa 1837–1860) | The Ghost of Akugenta Taking Revenge on Nanba at the Nunobiki Waterfall | Edo period, 19th century

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December 16, 04:03 PM GMT

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Utagawa Yoshifusa (active circa 1837–1860)

The Ghost of Akugenta Taking Revenge on Nanba at the Nunobiki Waterfall

Edo period, 19th century


woodblock print, triptych, each sheet signed Ipposai Yoshifusa ga (Pictured by Ipposai Yoshifusa), and with artist’s paulownia seal, censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Omiya Kyusuke (Kinkyu), 2nd month 1856


Vertical oban triptych: each approx. 36.9 x 24.1 cm., 14½ x 9½ in.

For another impression of the same triptych in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession number 2001.715.11a–c, go to:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60034714