WATER MARGIN: BAI SHENG HELPS SONG JIANG IN THE CASTLE TOWN OF KOSHU (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)
From the book: A Modern Water Margin Story 当盛水滸伝, vol. 3 下
Print title: Bai Sheng, the Daylight Rat, Helps Song Jiang in the Castle Town of Koshu 白日鼠白勝江州の城下に宗江をたすくる

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

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

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