Christie's: Japanese Prints, including The B.W. Robinson Collection: Lot 611
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Sono mama jiguchi myokaiko gojusanbiki [Cats Suggested by the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido]
A fine example of an extremely rare design of fifty-five cats representing the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido, the starting point at Nihonbashi and the finish at Kyoto, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, kiri seal, published by Ibaya Sensaburo, censors' seals Mera and Murata, very good impression, colours and condition, slight fading
Oban tate-e triptych


