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Eternal Beauty: Splendors in Asian Art

Tue, Jul 23, 2024 11:00AM EDT
Lot 301

Kuniyoshi Japanese Woodblock Print w/ Jinzaburo

Estimate: $100 - $200

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861). Ukiyo-e woodblock print from the series "Biographies of the Loyal Retainers" depicting Jinzaburo, a servant retained by Shikamatsu Kanroku: one of the forty-seven ronin belonging to Chushingura legend, ca. 1847. Jinzaburo offers a bountiful basket of cakes, presumably to samurai following battle, while shadowed by a voracious cat in the background. Signed and stamped along the lower right; titled along the upper right.
Sight; height: 14 in x width: 9 1/4 in. Framed; height: 17 in x width: 12 3/4 in x depth: 3/4 in.

Condition

Overall the ink colors are bold and bright. Wear throughout including some tears, losses and chips along the edges, and discoloration throughout. Some holes. It is possible that the print has been backed with a supporting sheet, visible in some of the areas of loss. The print is floated in frame. Framed under glass. Light wear to the frame. Not examined out of frame.

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