Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral The shaped apron beneath each

The shaped apron beneath each shelf introduces a subtle softness to the otherwise linear frame

glazed door

crafted in the enduring Ming style

Originally this piece would have been painted multiple times during its lifetime

60 x 9 x 92 (wxdxh cms)

Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral The shaped apron beneath eachThis old Japanese woodblock print is by woodblock print artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi and is the third part of a triptych entitled 'General Watnai hunting the Tigers in Formosa' (Watnai gunko tshu no zu) which depicts Kat Kiyomasa (Watnai) and his men chasing tigers off a cliff. The original publisher was Yamaguchi ya Tbei in 1855, Edo period. The heavy use of blue shows how popular Prussian Blue (ferric ferrocyanide) had become after it became readily