Bidspirit auction | Zwei Farbholzschnitte von Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Zwei Farbholzschnitte von Utagawa Kuniyoshi - Two color woodblock prints by Kuniyoshi Japan, Edo 1797 - 1861. Color woodblock print on washi (Japanese paper), artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Series: Taiheiki eiyûden - Heroic stories from the Taiheiki(Chronicle of the Great Peace). The sheet is loose. Sheet no. 15: 24.3 x 35 cm. Passepartout: 34 x 48.5 cm. Traces of age, slightly browned. Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi. Censorship: Mera and Murata. The sheet shows the warrior Fukishima Masamomori, son of a cooper from the province of Owari, fighting against three attackers. The accompanying text contains biographical notes by Ryukatei Tanekazu. Sheet no. 16: 25.7 x 37.5 cm. Passepartout: 41 x 52 cm. Traces of age, browned, creases in the center right, wormholes in the lower right. The sheet shows the warrior Menju Sôsuke Iyeteru. In the accompanying text notes about his recovery of the Gohei standard from Katsuie, which had been captured by the enemy.