Online Auction 16310From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints Online
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)
Lot 73PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

The Ghost of Asakura Togo

Closed12 July 2018

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GBP 4,000

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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)
The Ghost of Asakura Togo
The actor Bando Hikosaburo IV in the role of Orikoshi Masatomo (centre) is attacked by the ghost of Asakura Togo (played by the actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV)
Woodblock triptych, each sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Hayashiya Shogoro, 1851
Vertical oban, triptych (each sheet approx. 35.8 x 25.5 cm.)

Specialist note

For the same print in the collection of The British Museum, museum number 2008,3037.19612, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx

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