a-kakemono-e-japanese-hanging-print-by-utagawa-yoshitora-active-1850-80
Lot 10
A Kakemono-e Japanese Hanging Print by Utagawa Yoshitora (active 1850-80)
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Mid to late 19th century, ink and colors on paper, signed "Mosai Yoshitora ga" in the lower left hand corner with an unusual woodblock print modeled like a kakemono (hanging scroll) and perhaps depicting Sugawara Michizane as Tenjin, a subject done in a similar manner by other artists, has a thin wooden roller at bottom and string hanger at top.

SS 26.25 x 8.5 in., DOA 38 x 9.5 in.

Some creasing; some minor foxing; some discoloration; one tear of the top.