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Kuniyoshi: Masatsura and his Mother: Drawing and Print
Kuniyoshi: Masatsura and his Mother: Drawing and Print (Sold)
Kuniyoshi: Masatsura and his Mother: Drawing and Print (Sold)
Kuniyoshi: Masatsura and his Mother: Drawing and Print (Sold)
Kuniyoshi: Masatsura and his Mother: Drawing and Print (Sold)
Kuniyoshi: Masatsura and his Mother: Drawing and Print (Sold)
Kuniyoshi: Masatsura and his Mother: Drawing and Print (Sold)

Kuniyoshi: Masatsura and his Mother: Drawing and Print (Sold)

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Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Masatsura and his Mother: Drawing and Print
Series: Sotheby’s I 13C
Date: ca. 1840s

The wife of Kusunoki Masashige restrains her young son Masatsura from performing seppuku after his father’s death. The subject matches the print, although the final design is markedly different. In the print the boy has gone one step further, removing his upper garment in the final stage before directing the knife to himself. From a group of albums of Kuniyoshi drawings bought at Sotheby’s London in 1992.

Condition: Backed; paper loss upper left.
Dimensions: 260 x 330 mm
Signature: unsigned

SKU: DRW273

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