.jpg?maxwidth=3840)
Lot 83
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Men come together to make a man
Price Realised
GBP 2,750
More Information
Specialist note
In this design, the head and shoulders of a man are formed by interlocking human bodies, a poem inscribed above. The topknot of the man is composed of a man holding a portable brush and ink case and the body is made of further men wearing identical kimono.
The poem reads:
In any great man among men
there is no man at all.
Some people become people
other people make people.
For another impression of this design in the collection of the British Museum, London, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3278727&partId=1
The poem reads:
In any great man among men
there is no man at all.
Some people become people
other people make people.
For another impression of this design in the collection of the British Museum, London, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3278727&partId=1