{"product_id":"mg2029-kuniteru-ii-kanadehon-chushingura-daijo-prologue-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Kuniteru II - Kanadehon Chūshingura, Daijo (Prologue) — 假名手本忠臣蔵 大序","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIchiyūsai Kuniteru II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\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 woodblock print of the Prologue of Kanadehon Chūshingura. On the right, a figure in a black court robe and cap with large 高 crests strides forward. A kneeling figure in a pale robe with square crests and a bowing nobleman in a dark blue robe with round crests are in the centre and left, and a court lady stands by a vermilion shrine pillar at far left. In the background are a ginkgo branch, a stone retaining wall with shrine buildings, pines, the sea and a mountain. Tiled pavement in the foreground; dotted decorative border. Vertical title cartouche at upper right, with the signature and publisher line below it.\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":44881309335630,"sku":"MG2029","price":131.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/files\/1_front_DSC01167.jpg?v=1794326439","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/en-de\/products\/mg2029-kuniteru-ii-kanadehon-chushingura-daijo-prologue-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}