UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798–1861)
Lot 81PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798–1861)

Wind (kaze)

Fermé12 July 2018

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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798–1861)
Wind (kaze)
Prince Genji and two beauties caught in a gust of wind in a garden, the wind blowing their elaborately decorated kimonos
Woodblock print, from the series Contemporary Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Jisei kacho fugetsu), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Aritaya Seiemon, circa 1849
Oban triptych (each sheet approx. 35 x 23.5 cm.)

Note du spécialiste

From a series co-designed by Kunisada and Kuniyoshi, with Kunisada painting the ‘birds’ and ‘flowers’ prints, and Kuniyoshi designing the ‘wind’ and ‘moon’ prints.

For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.36648a-c, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/

For another impression in the collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Library, accession number K662-10/東K661-010, go to:
https://archive.library.metro.tokyo.jp/