Ukiyo-e Prints

浮世絵版画

Port Townsend, Washington

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

歌川国芳

うたがわくによし

1797-1861

SERIES: DAI-NIPPON ROKUJŪYO-SHŪ NO UCHI

大日本六十余州内

だいにっぽんろくじゅうよしゅうのうち

"SIXTY ODD PROVINCES OF JAPAN - DRAMATIC CHAPTERS"

 OMI PROVINCE: SHIMIZU-NO-KAJA YOSHITAKA

DATE: 1843-5

CENSOR SEAL: WATARI (WATANABE JIEMON)

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わたり

PUBLISHER: HACHIMANYA SAKUJIRŌ

はちまんや.さくじろう

or TSURUYA KIEMON

AKA Yahata-ya Sakujirō

八幡屋作次郎

SIGNATURE: ICHIYŪSAI KUNIYOSHI GA

(THE INSET IS BY KUNIYOSHI'S PUPIL YOSHIMARU)

SIZE: 14.5" X 9.8"

There is another copy of this print in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

ORIGINALLY $390.00

NOW ON SALE FOR $280.00

SOLD!

I want to thank E. for providing new information about this print.

The information on this page has now been edited, corrected and updated.

The warrior Yoshitaka ( よしたか)  was determined to avenge the death of his father Kiso Yoshinaka (木曽義仲 or きそよしなか). The ghost of a yamabushi (山伏 or やまぶし) in the form of a giant rat assisted him, but in the end Yoshitaka failed and was beheaded.

Large detail for better viewing. The colors of this detail are true. This one was done with a scan at a fairly high resolution. The smaller image of the whole print was taken with a digital camera in natural lighting.

PUBLISHER:

HACHIMANYA SAKUJIRŌ

or

TSURUYA KIEMON

This publisher's seal has also been identified as that of Tsuruya Kiemon by

1) James Self and Nobuko Hirose, Japanese Art Signatures: A Handbook and Practical Guide, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1987, p. 280 &

2) B.W. Robinson, Kuniyoshi, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1961, pp. 57 & 59.