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KUNIYOSHI Utagawa
FICHE 20187
(1797 - 1861)
Zhu Gui, the Dry-land Crocodile (Kanchikotsuritsu Shuki)
Woodblock print
1827 - 1830
Impression on Japan paper, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga, from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori), published by Kagaya Kichiemon. Censor's seal kiwame.
Sheet: ôban (358 x 238 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the Lyon Collection.
Condition: trimmed in the lower part of the sheet.
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