Horio Mosuke worstelt met het everzwijn • Japanse ukiyo-e-houtsnede – Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904) – Japan – Edo Periode (1600-1868)

** Horio Mosuke Wrestles the Boar — the Future Founder of Matsue Castle — Yoshiiku’s Taiheiki Eiyūden, 1867 **Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904)Title: Hirate Kenmotsu 平手監物 (No. 22, 二十二)Series: Taiheiki Eiyūden – Biographies of the Heroes of the TaiheikiDate: Japan, 1867 (late Edo period)Publisher: Hirookaya Kōsuke (Kikujudō)Format: Chūban, approx. 24 × 18 cm_______________________________________________Impression and Colors: Excellent. Rich, deeply printed pigments throughout — the indigo and crimson squares of the armour lacing (odoshi), the gold-highlighted circular mon on the chest, and the intricate blue-green patterning of the sleeves all register with sharp precision. Strong bokashi gradation visible in the background. The white robe beneath the armour is clean and unfaded. A fine, early impression.Staat van het papier: Goed. De druk heeft lichte toning die overeenkomt met de ouderdom en het vel draagt een album-achterkant._______________________________________________About the print:Horio Yoshiharu (1544–1611), known in his youth as Mosuke, rose from humble beginnings in Owari province to become one of the leading lords of the Toyotomi regime. The biography on the sheet gives his childhood name as Niōmaru and tells how he fought bravely when Iwakura Castle in Owari fell. It also tells the story the print is built around. As a young man Mosuke lived in... lees verder bij Catawiki