Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral Dimensions: W26 x D7 x

Dimensions: W26 x D7 x H32 cm

crafted in the enduring Ming style

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

Arahat or Arahant

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

Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral Dimensions: W26 x D7 xThis 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