Kuniyoshi: Konkôryû Rishun capsizing a boat, from the “108 Heroes of the Suikoden”. This exact print is pictured in “Brigands & Bravery”. (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Konkôryû Rishun capsizing a boat, from the “108 Heroes of the Suikoden”. This exact print is pictured in “Brigands & Bravery”.
Series: “The 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden All Told” (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)
Date: ca. 1827

Konkôryû Rishun seems to explode from the water, forcing the boat he has tageted to capsize as part of a scheme to free some of his compatriots from prison. From the series “The 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden All Told”. Provenance: From the personal collection of BW Robinson. Note: this is the exact print shown in “Brigands & Bravery”, figure 35 (see one tiny wormhole in bottom right).

Condition: Very good impression, color and condition. Backed.
Dimensions: ôban
Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichibei
Literature: See “Of Brigands and Bravery”, figure 35, page 118. This is the exact print reproduced in the book.
Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga

SKU: KUY191