{"product_id":"mg2032-kuniteru-ii-kanadehon-chushingura-yondanme-act-four-of-the-treasury-of-loyal-retainers-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Kuniteru II - Act Four of The Treasury 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woodblock Print\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorizontal colour woodblock print of Act 4 of Kanadehon Chūshingura. Above, inside the mansion, officials sit in a reception room and women with attendants are at left. A man looks over the tiled roof near the gate at right. Below, outside the plastered wall, a central figure in black kamishimo holds back a crowd of agitated retainers with drawn and half-drawn swords. A pine and the red gatehouse are at right. The red title cartouche, blue signature panel and publisher panel run down the right edge, inside a dotted border.\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":44910589018190,"sku":"MG2032","price":115.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/files\/mg2032-KuniteruII-KanadehonChushingurayondanmeActFourofTheTreasuryofLoyalRetainers-japanese-woodblock-print.jpg?v=1794592034","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/en-fr\/products\/mg2032-kuniteru-ii-kanadehon-chushingura-yondanme-act-four-of-the-treasury-of-loyal-retainers-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}