Yaoya oshichi meshitsukai o Hatsu by Utagawa Kunisada
Japanese woodblock print
Yaoya Oshichi was a daughter of the greengrocer Tarobei, who lived in the Hongō neighborhood of Edo at the beginning of the Edo period. She was burned at the stake for attempting to commit arson. The story became the subject of joruri puppet plays.
£350
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Original Japanese woodblock print. Presented in a cream mount with a black frame.
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