Kuniyoshi - Assassin - Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido
Kuniyoshi - Assassin - Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi
A print titled "Assassin" from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido"
The samurai Yoshihiro is waiting to assassinate prince Otonomiya Moriyoshi at Kamakura. A scene from the "Taihei-ki". The Prince is shown in his cave prison, reading Buddhist sutras by lamplight. The cartouche at left is in the shape of a chrysanthemum, a symbol of the Imperial family.
Date: 1852
Size: 14.25 x 9.75 (inches)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagoro
Condition: Good color and impression, backed on thin Edo-era paper, cropped as shown.
Genre: Ukiyo-e



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