OKURA KOTO (D. 1910)UTAGAWA YOSHIIKU (1833-1904)
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OKURA KOTO (D. 1910)UTAGAWA YOSHIIKU (1833-1904)

A Sino-Japanese War triptych, and four warrior chuban prints

Fermé12 July 2018

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OKURA KOTO (D. 1910)
UTAGAWA YOSHIIKU (1833-1904)
A Sino-Japanese War triptych, and four warrior chuban prints
Five prints comprising:
- In the Sino-Japanese War, Our Armed Forces Win a Great Victory at Seonghwan (Nisshin Seikan eki gekisen no zu, Wagagun no daishori), woodblock triptych, signed and sealed Koto (Okura Koto), published by Takegawa Risaburo, 1894

- Four prints from the series Biographies of the Heroes of the Taiheiki (Taiheiki eiyuden), variously signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu or Chokaro Yoshiiku ga (Utagawa Yoshiiku), published by Hirokaya Kosuke, 1867
The first: vertical oban triptych (37.9 x 75.1 cm.)
The rest: vertical chuban (each approx. 25.3 x 18.6 cm.)

Note du spécialiste

For the same print as the first in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 2000.15a-c, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/search