Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Unuma
Date: 1853
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Kisokaido Series: # 53 Unuma Artist: Kuniyoshi Format: Oban tate-e: 14.25" x 9.75" Subject: The farmer Yoyemon murdering his deformed wife Kasane wirh a sickle under a willow-tree on the river-bank, her spirit issuing like a colored globule; a man on the bridge behind. Inset: rocky landscape with a waterfall and distant mountain. Publisher: Kadzusa-ya Iwazo Date: 1853 Condition: Fine colors with some rich oxidation on Kasane's face. Full size with margins on three sides. Minor wear, marks and flaws. Generally fine state of preservation. Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage.
