Kuniyoshi: Omu (Parrot Komachi) (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Omu (Parrot Komachi)
Series: Modern Seven Komachi (imayô nanakomachi) The seven episodes are: Kiyomizu Komachi, Amekoi Komachi, Ômu Komachi, Zôshiarai Komachi, Kayoi Komachi, Sotoba Komachi, and Sekimachi Komachi.
Date: 1849-51

The title of the series comes from the seven episodes of Ono no Komachi in the Heian Period. However this title is often used for a set of seven pictures. We see an actor painting on a fan on a platform suspended above the water.

Dimensions: ôban
Publisher: Ise Yoshi
Seal: censors’ seals: Fukushima Giemon & Muramatsu Genroku
Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga with his square seal of a paulownia

SKU: KUY307