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Subject:request for information Japanese print
Posted By: M. Vermeulen Fri, Mar 23, 2018 IP: 84.80.8.30

I purchased this woodblockprint and would like to know more about it.
I hope that somebody can identify it.

Many thanks,
Marie-Dianne







Subject:Re: request for information Japanese print
Posted By: Stan Sat, Mar 24, 2018

Your print is by Yoshifuji. The Boston MFA has one with more info here:

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/good-luck-with-everythning-in-this-world-yo-no-naka-nan-de-mo-anbai-yoshi-characters-from-the-play-sukeroku-462024

Cheers,
Stan

Subject:Re: request for information Japanese print
Posted By: Marie-Dianne Sun, Mar 25, 2018

Thank you for the information.

Kind regards,
Marie-Dianne

Subject:request for information Japanese print
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, Mar 24, 2018

Inscriptions,
世の中なんでもあんばいよし - Yo no naka nan de mo
ambai yoshi - Good luck with everything in the world
(Characters from the Kabuki play "Sukeroku", known in English as ""The Flower of Edo"
Signature,
一鵬歳芳藤画 - Ippōsai Yoshifuji

Utagawa Yoshifuji 1828-1889, Ukiyo-e artist
According to sources this work is dated 1849

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: request for information Japanese print
Posted By: Marie-Dianne Sun, Mar 25, 2018

Thank you for the information.

Kind regards,
Marie-Dianne


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