Information
Date : 1852
Size : O-ban
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : Restored small wormholes / Slight browning
In Portraits of Faithful Warriors of True Loyalty, it can be seen that Kuniyoshi aimed to create realistic portraits of the feudal warriors who appeared in Chushingura, with an awareness of Western painting methods. Some of the works in the series are known to have been adapted from the copperplate illustrations in Johan Nieuhof's (1618-1672) "Voyages & Travels to the East Indies 1653-1670". It is said that book came into Kuniyoshi's possession after the death of Ishikawa Tairo (1765-1817), a painter and Dutch scholar in the late Edo period. Shopping Guide & Information of the Japanese Prints