Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
Prince Moriyoshi (also known as Ôto no Miya) accompanied by a court lady reading Buddhist scriptures in the cave of his imprisonment, his future assassin watching him from outside.
Title: Miyanokoshi (Station No 37) – Otô no Miya
Series: Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi (The 69 Stations of the Kisokaidô)
Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
Woodcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke
Printer: Suri Ôhisa (Ôumiya Hisagorô)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Censor's seal: Hama and Magome
Date: 5/1852
Size: Oban, 36 x 24,8 cm
Very good impression, colours and condition.
Lit.: Thompson, Utagawa Kuniyoshi. The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô, 2009, p 90 f. (Fig.)
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