Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
The warrior Orio Mosuke Yasuharu defeats a huge boar with his bare hands. The young hero, whose real historical name was Horio Mosuke Yoshiharu (1542-1611), was accepted as a retainer by Toyotomi Hideyoshi because of this legendary deed.
Title: Orio Mosuke Yasuharu – No. 23
Serie: Taiheiki Eiyûden (Heroic Stories from the Taiheiki epic)
Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
Seal: Kiri mon (or Yoshikiri)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô), Edo
Censor seals: Mera, Murata
Date: c. 1848-50
Size: Vertical Ôban, 36,1 x 24,1 cm (overall)
Very good impression in beautiful colours. Unbacked. Slightly trimmed at left side. Some creasing, minor rubbing and soiling, one tiny wormhole. Overall very good condition. As always without publisher's seal; with the series number. A very attractive print from this famous series. B.W. Robinson, Kuniyoshi - The Warrior prints. London 1982, p. 62.27. Schott/Kawanabe, Kuniyoshi - Taiheiki Eiyuden, Galerie am Haus der Kunst, Munich 1992, no. 37; Robert Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts. Leiden 1998, p. 265, no. 4.37. Cf. also British Museum, 2008,3037.05621; Museo d'Arte Orientale, Venezia (via ARC Ritsumeikan) no. MAOV2704_12468-33; Lyon Collection 1695.
€ 1.350,-