Samurai - SOLD

Samurai is an original print realized by Tachibana Morikuni in 1749.

Black and white woodblock xylograph on Japanese mulberry (rice) paper published by Nishimura Genroku in 1749.

Good conditions, except for little tears on the left margin, some folds on the lower right, and discoloration of the ink in the inscriptions.

Includes a passepartout: 50 x 32 cm.

This precious print is from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga), a set of three woodblocks printed books and ink on paper, published in 1749, a year after Tachibana Morikuni's death.

These illustrated books showed studies of animals, birds, and flowers. Designed in the academic Kano style, these woodcuts are very early examples of producing graduated tones and lines by scraping the blocks in order to simulate the effects of actual brushwork.

This artwork represents a samurai in typical clothes of the time while leaning towards the ground.

Tachibana Morikuni (1679–1748) A leading eighteenth-century painter, illustrator and writer, Tachibana Morikuni was a master of both Kano and Tosa styles. A student of Tsuruzawa Tanzan, Morikuni lived and worked in Osaka.

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