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UTAGAWA, KUNIYOSHI1798 - 1861Title: Woodblock Triptych: The giant skeleton appears in front of Mitsukuni. Origin: Japan. Dynasty: Edo period. Censorship/Date: Watari, 1845/46. Nishiki-e. Measurement: Ôban-Triptych, each ca. 36.5 x 24.7 cm. Sheet: Soma no furudairi ai Masakado himegimi Takiyasha yojutsu o motte mikata o atsumuru (In the Ruined Palace at Soma Masakado's Daughter Takiyasha Uses Sorcery to Gain Allies). Scene from the book ""Uto Yasukata chugi-den"" (Story about the loyalty of Uto Yasukata) by Santô Kyôden (1761-1816). Princess Takayashi, the daughter of the rebel Taira no Masakado, conjures the spirit Nikushisen in the old palace of the Soma in the shape of a huge skeleton. This should help her and her stepbrother in the rebellion. A henchman of Minamoto Yorinobu, Oya Taro Mitsukuni, discovered the plan and finally defeated the princess and her stepbrother in the palace. Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi. Frame: Framed (91 x 54.5cm). Provenance: -Christie's London, sale 7432, lot 586, Nov. 7, 2007. Ex. B.W. Robinson Collection.-Collection Prof. Thomas Olbricht.Literature:B.W.Robinson: ""Kuniyoshi, The Warrior Prints"", Oxford, 1982, ill. 52.
Art trade, Van Ham.