Lot Essay
For another impression of the second see Robert Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (Amsterdam, 1998), p.82, pl.61
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Two prints from the series Kuniyoshi moyo sho-fuda tsuketari genkin otoko [Typical Types of Manly Fellows in Kuniyoshi's Style], the first of Nozarashi Gosuke, his robe decorated with skulls made up of cats, c.1845; the second of Uoya Danshichi Kurobei with a bucket; both signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, both very good impression and colour, both backed and one small pinhole
Both oban tate-e (2)
Two prints from the series Kuniyoshi moyo sho-fuda tsuketari genkin otoko [Typical Types of Manly Fellows in Kuniyoshi's Style], the first of Nozarashi Gosuke, his robe decorated with skulls made up of cats, c.1845; the second of Uoya Danshichi Kurobei with a bucket; both signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, both very good impression and colour, both backed and one small pinhole
Both oban tate-e (2)
Literature
The first, Robert Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (Amsterdam, 1998), p.80, pl.58