{"product_id":"mg2030-kuniteru-ii-kanadehon-chushingura-shichidanme-act-7-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Kuniteru II - Kanadehon Chūshingura shichidanme (假名手本忠臣藏七段目), Act 7","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 Act 7 of Kanadehon Chūshingura set at the Ichiriki teahouse. Yuranosuke stands on a red-lacquered veranda while a bald man with spectacles crouches below holding the end of a long scroll, and a courtesan leans over the balcony railing above. On the left are a garden with pine trees, a bridge, and figures in the rooms and garden. Title cartouche and signature\/publisher column are at the right edge. The sheet has a vertical centre fold and wide margins.\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":44881310154830,"sku":"MG2030","price":131.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/files\/1_front_DSC01169.jpg?v=1794326449","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/en-de\/products\/mg2030-kuniteru-ii-kanadehon-chushingura-shichidanme-act-7-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}