Kunisada: Kawarazaki Gonjuro as Ude no Kisaburo with Tiger Tattoo 行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865)Title: Kawarazaki Gonjuro as Ude no Kisaburo with Tiger Tattoo 行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎 Series: Tosei Suikoden 當世好男子傳 ( A Modern Suikoden)Date: 1858 Kawarazaki Gojuro I as Ude no Kisaburo, who is compared with Wu Song, the Chinese ascetic. He looks to his left, towel held to his neck, his arm covered in a tiger tattoo. In this series famous actors were compared to characters in the Suikoden, the Chinese tale of marsh-dwelling antiheroes. Although works in this series are individual sheets, three together can also be put together to form a triptych. There is also a secondary theme of setsugekka, Pine, Plum and Bamboo. This is one of three with the Pine theme, as can be seen by the tree in the darkness above, although the actor wears a robe with a bamboo design.. Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. Very clean; unbacked. With mica highlights in the sky. Faint crease 1 cm from right margin. Minor wormage right elbow. Dimensions: Oban