{"product_id":"antique-japanese-original-1850s-woodblock-print-kuniyoshi-ukiyo-e-three-women-17h-framed","title":"Antique Japanese Original 1850's Woodblock Print Kuniyoshi Three Women 17\"H Framed","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) Original Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print: Three Women at a Shrine Festival, Edo Period\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapan, Edo period, circa 1850s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e12.25″W × 17.25″H (31 × 44 cm), framed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳, 1797–1861), signed 一勇斎国芳戯画 (Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi giga), one of the leading print designers of the late Edo period. The composition presents three women in a lively genre scene: a heavyset woman laughing broadly at center, an elegantly dressed woman in a dark striped kimono at right, and a young woman kneeling in a kimono patterned with chrysanthemum roundels in the foreground. Full color nishiki-e printing throughout, with fine outline work and multiple layered pigment blocks giving the robes their pattern and shading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA large red paper lantern inscribed with festival text and a pair of doves in flight fill the upper right corner, placing the scene at a temple or shrine festival day (縁日, ennichi). Vertical cartouches of kyōka verse run down the left margin, a device Kuniyoshi favored in his genre prints to pair image with witty commentary on the figures shown. Two round date\/censor seals sit beside the artist's signature at lower right, along with a smaller square seal, consistent with Utagawa school production practice of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe print is set in an old wood frame with a Strom Alpert Frames label (Boston, Massachusetts) on the backing paper, indicating a long-standing American collection history. The composition sits close to the sheet's right edge, suggesting this may be one panel of an originally larger multi-sheet design; no companion sheets are included with this piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print (nishiki-e), ōban sheet, in an old wood frame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction or Decoration:\u003c\/strong\u003e Multi-block woodcut printing with hand-applied color; ink signature and seals at lower right\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed 一勇斎国芳戯画 (Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi giga)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edo period, circa 1850s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.25″W × 17.25″H (31 × 44 cm), framed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Small area of old insect (beetle larva) damage to the sheet and light scattered foxing; otherwise strong, saturated color and crisp linework. Housed under glass in its old frame; not examined out of the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shogun's Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53150180933949,"sku":"26L0362","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/2348\/3709\/files\/C8555400-FCC9-42E8-8DD1-3EABF0A235B7_1_105_c.jpg?v=1790280436","url":"https:\/\/shogunsgallery.com\/products\/antique-japanese-original-1850s-woodblock-print-kuniyoshi-ukiyo-e-three-women-17h-framed","provider":"Shogun's Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}