Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(1797-1861)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Oho, from the series Nijushiko doji kagami (A mirror for children of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety)

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(1797-1861)
Oho, from the series Nijushiko doji kagami (A mirror for children of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety)
Two prints of the same subject depicting Oho (Wang Ngai) standing by the tomb of her mother to reassure her spirit as her mother had been afraid of thunder when alive, one printed in black and white and the other printed in color, each signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and published by Wakasaya Yoichi--very good impressions and color for the second, lightly soiled, the first with centerfold
oban yoko-e: 25.6 x 37.6cm. each approx. (2)

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