{"product_id":"mg2028-kuniteru-ii-kanadehon-chushingura-junidanme-act-12-of-the-storehouse-of-loyal-retainers-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Kuniteru II - Kanadehon Chūshingura jūnidanme (Act 12 of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIchiyūsai Kuniteru II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1851-1853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Izumiya Ichibei (Senichi)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ukiyo-e, Yakusha-e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woodblock Print, Oban\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorizontal-format color woodblock print of Act 11 of Kanadehon Chūshingura in a winter setting. Moored ships and the sea are at left and snow-laden pines at top and lower right. Seated officials watch from a dais before a fenced gate. A retainer bows before a small red table (with Kira's head under the cloth) while the ronin, in black-and-white triangle-patterned coats, kneel in the snow. The picture has a decorative dotted border, and the red title cartouche and the signature\/publisher column are at right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fair condition. Backed. Fading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUtagawa Kuniteru II (1830–1874) was born Yamada Kunijirō in Edo (Tokyo) and was a print designer, painter and book illustrator. He studied under Utagawa Kunisada I. He worked under several names, including Ichiyūsai, Ichiransai and Kunitsuna II, before changing his name to Kuniteru II in 1865. His subjects included actors, beautiful women, customs and manners, famous places, sumo wrestlers and educational prints. He is best known for bunmei kaika-e, pictures of Japan's modernization, made in a late Utagawa-school manner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mie Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44881306714190,"sku":"MG2028","price":131.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/files\/1_front_DSC01164.jpg?v=1794326430","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/de-de\/products\/mg2028-kuniteru-ii-kanadehon-chushingura-junidanme-act-12-of-the-storehouse-of-loyal-retainers-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}