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An image of Neno-i Taro fighting a guard by Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III

Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III

(Japan 1786–1865)

Title
Neno-i Taro fighting a guard
Alternative title:
Neno-i Tarô
Place of origin
Japan
Period
Ansei era 1854 - 1860Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
Year
1856
Media category
Print
Materials used
colour woodcut
Dimensions

Ôban tate-e: 36.4 x 25.5cm image; 37.2 x 25.7cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed l.r., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Toyokuni ga [piture by Toyokuni]". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Dr Roderick Bain 1997
Accession number
168.1997
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (1)

AJIOKA Chiaki (Japan) (Curator), Heroes and villains: from Japan's floating world, Sydney, May 2001, 6. cat.no. 1.14

Exhibition history (1)

Heroes and Villains, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 May 2001–19 Aug 2001.