Meishoe

Meishoe is an original artwork realized by Kuniteru II Utagawa in 1865.

Woodcut print oban fomat. Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniteru ga. From the series "Suehiro gojusan tsugi" (A fan with the 53 stations). A daimyo procession enters into the Kameyama Castle.

Very good impression with bokashi, visible baren printing lines and wood grain, backed, minimally creased, margins partly trimmed. Margins soiled. 

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Kuniteru II Utagawa was born as Yamada Kunijiro in 1830. He was a pupil of Kunisada Utagawa (1786-1865). The subjects of his ukiyo-e designs show a bit of all genres that were common during the late Edo period - actor prints, sumo wrestlers, bijin-ga and views from the modernization and westernization of Japan. His works represent the ongoing changes in Japan from the old Edo to the Meiji era. Kuniteru's prints show traditional ukiyo-e scenes as well as images from the beginning industrialization of Japan. Kuniteru II Utagawa is also known as Kunitsuna II. He died in 1874.