WATER MARGIN: FAN RUI USES MAGIC TO SUMMON THE RED DRAGON (Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797-1861), signed Ryozanpaku Goyu Ichimyokai Hodoyoshi ga 梁山泊豪勇 一妙開程由画
From the book: A Modern Water Margin Story 当盛水滸伝, vol. 3 下
Print title: Fan Rui Uses Magic to Summon the Red Dragon 燓瑞妖術を以朱龍を出す

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Year: 1829
Condition: fair, small holes, trimmed margins
Dimensions: 13,5 x 18,5 cm

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