Description

Antique ukiyo-e style woodblock print by artist Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1865), of a samurai warrior blocking the strike of another warrior’s sword with his own. He has very detailed undergarments in mesh-patterned blue with light pink flowers, a black and white robe with jagged designs and red trim with a blue obi, and a red headband, with his hair styled in a traditional chonmage. Set behind glass and framed, part of the 47 Ronin series “Stories of the Faithful Samurai” circa 1864 at the artist’s age of 79, censor seal “aratame”.

Size: (entire frame) 22.25″ height, 17.25″ width (artwork only) 14.25″ height, 9.75″ width