| | Stockno.: | 21-099 | Artist: | Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797-1861) | Description: | No. 27 Ashida (芦田), from the series Sixty-Nine Post Stations of the Kisokaidō (Kisokaidō rokujoku tsugi no uchi 木曾街道六十九次之内).
Published by Sumiyoshiya Masagorō in August 1852.
Ashida Station. The sorceress Nyogetsuni (later to become Takiyasha) performs a magic ritual in the snow, followed by an assistant carrying a severed head on a branch with white paper streams that call to mind the white zig-zag shaped shide paper streams used at Shinto ceremonies.
A bird-shaped inset shows a mountainous village.
| Signed: | Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga, with artist’s seal . | Size: | Oban tate-e | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition. Restoration just above the signature. Slightly trimmed. | Price: | Euro 650 | Reference: | | | | |
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