Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Utagawa Kuniyasu (1880?-1890?) – ”Tetsudou Teishajou” 鉄道停車場 (train station) – Japan – 1885 (Meiji 18 period)

Description

Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Utagawa Kuniyasu (1880?-1890?) – ”Tetsudou Teishajou” 鉄道停車場 (train station) – Japan – 1885 (Meiji 18 period)

Utagawa Kuniyasu is named Sekisai jirou(石斎治郎) in his signature.

There is some uncertainty about the identity of this artist. While sometimes referred to as Utagawa Kuniyasu 歌川国保 it is not the print designer Utagawa Kuniyasu 歌川国安 who lived from 1794 to 1832 – note the different spelling of the name in Japanese. This collection’s Kuniyasu who was active during the 1880s-1890s was also known as Sekisai Kuniyasu 石斎国保, a commonly used signature on his handful of extant prints. He also used Seo 瀬尾 and Haruaki 治明 as gō (artist names). His family name was Seo 瀬尾 and his given name 文治郎 is seen transliterated as both Fumijirō and Bunjirō. On the two prints in this collection his family name is written as 瀬尾文治郎 and as 瀬尾文ニ郎 in the publisher seals.