Kuniyoshi: Kanchikotsuritsu Shuki, preparing to shoot an arrow with a message attached to his bandit friends on the nearby mountain. Provenance: BW Robinson. (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Kanchikotsuritsu Shuki, preparing to shoot an arrow with a message attached to his bandit friends on the nearby mountain. Provenance: BW Robinson.
Series: “The 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden All Told” (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)
Date: ca. 1827

Kanchikotsuritsu Shuki, preparing to shoot an arrow with a message attached to his bandit friends on the nearby mountain. His back is covered with a tattoo of the nine-tailed, fire-breathing cat witch. On the cover of “Brigands & Bravery”. Provenance: From the personal collection of BW Robinson.

Dimensions: ôban
Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichibei
Literature: See “Of Brigands and Bravery”, figure 7, page 55. Also on the cover.
Seal: Censor’s seal: kiwame
Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga

SKU: KUY190