Online Auction 13380From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints from 18th to 20th Century
Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889)
Lot 59From a Private English Collection

Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889)

Two prints depicting warriors of the 47 Ronin

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Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889)
Two prints depicting warriors of the 47 Ronin
Two designs from the series Japanese Brocades from the Genroku Era (Genroku Yamato nishiki)
Each woodblock printed, the first signed Oju Seisei Kyosai ga, the second signed Seisei Kyosai kore [o] zu, each published by Takekawa Seikichi, 1886
Each vertical oban:
36.6 x 24.7cm.
36 x 24.6cm.

Specialist note

Each print of this series shows one or two heroic warriors from the 47 Ronin. Always dressed in black robes with a zig-zag edge, the first design depicts Muramatsu Sandayu Takanao in the foreground battling with Yanagihara Heiemon, and the second design shows Yato Yomoshichi Norikane kneeling with Chiba Saburohei Mitsutada standing behind leaning on his halberd.

For another impression of both designs in the Edo-Tokyo Museum, go to:
https://digitalmuseum.rekibun.or.jp/app/collection/detail?ss=01=1000200=2000220=0192202046
and:
https://digitalmuseum.rekibun.or.jp/app/collection/detail?ss=01=1000200=2000220=0192202043

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