Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) | Forty-eight woodblock prints from Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichu gishi den) | Edo period, 19th century
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December 14, 02:56 PM GMT
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Forty-eight woodblock prints from Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichu gishi den)
Edo period, 19th century
forty-eight woodblock prints, mounted in an album in accordion style, from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichu gishi den), each sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, and with artist's paulownia seal, omitted on three prints, with varying censor's seals Hama (Hama Yahei), Kinugasa (Kinugasa Fusajiro), Muramatsu (Muramatsu Genroku), Yoshimura (Yoshimura Gentaro), Mera (Mera Ta’ichiro) and Murata (Murata Sahei), published by Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudo), circa 1847-48
Each vertical oban: each sheet approx. 36.5 x 25 cm., 14½ x 9⅞ in.
The set including:
1. Oboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio
2. Oboshi Rikiya Yoshikane
3. Yato Yomoshichi Norikane
4. Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane
5. Shikamatsu Kanroku Yukishige
6. Yoshida Sadaemon Kanesada
8. Yukukawa Sanpei Munenori
9. Onodera Junai Hidetomo
10. Isoai Juroemon Masahisa
11. Okano Gin'emon Kanehide
12. Senzaki Yagoro Noriyasu
13. Yazama Jujiro Motooki
14. Otaka Gengo Tadao
15. Kataoka Dengoemon Takafusa
16. Nakamura Kansuke Tadatoki
17. Okashima Yasoemon Tsunetatsu
18. Teraoka Heiemon Nobuyuki
19. Uramatsu Handayu Takanao
20. Tokuda Sadaemon Yukitaka
21. Oribe Yahei Kanamaru
22. Kiura Okaemon Sadayuki
24. Takebayashi Sadashichi Takashige
25. Kurahashi Zensuke Takeyuki
26. Aihara Esuke Munefusa
27. Tominomori Sukeemon Masakata
28. Ushioda Masanojo Takanori, without artist’s paulownia seal
29. Hayami Sozaemon Mitsutaka
30. Onodera Toemon Hidetome
31. Chiba Saburohei Mitsutada
33. Sugenoya Sannojô Masatoshi
34. Oribe Yasubei Taketsune
35. Hayano Wasuke Tsunenari
36. Yata Goroemon Suketake
37. Tokuda Magodayu Shigemori, without artist's paulownia seal
38. Kono Musashi no Kami Moronao
39. En'ya Hangan Takasada
40. Yazama Shinroku Mitsukaze
41. Mase Magoshiro Masatatsu
42. The lay priest Ryuen, Uramatsu Kihei Hidenao
43. Yazama Kihei Mitsunobu
44. Mase Chûdayu Masaaki
45. Sumino Juheiji Tsugufusa
46. Hara Goemon Mototoki
47. Hayano Kanpei Tsuneyo
48. Kaida Yadaemon Tomonobu
49. Miura Jiroemon Kanetsune
50. Yoshida Chuzaemon Kanesuke, without artist’s paulownia seal, sealed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi
51. The End (Taibi), Jinzaburo, retainer of Shikamatsu Kanroku
For similar impressions of each of the forty-eight prints in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to: