Kuniyoshi: Pouring Sake for Chôhan (Sold)
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Pouring Sake for Chôhan
Series: Buyu nazorae Genji; Heroic Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji
Date: c. 1843s
Chapter Matsukaze (Wind in the Pines). The robber Chôhan is seated under a pine tree, glaring left as he holds an oversized sake cup for his attendant to fill. He seems to have some food set before him atop a traveling box in an expensive lacquerware container. He appears to be a very successful thief, although probably one on the run. His large bladed weapon on a heavy pole leans against the tree.
Buyu nazorae Genji; Heroic Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô
Literature: Robinson S28.8
Signature: Ichiryusai Kuniyoshi ga
SKU: KUC230