Seichu gishi den

Description This print depicts Katsuka Shinemon Taketaka, with sword in hand holding up a lantern to reveal a lap dog with frilled collar following him. The title is on a red oblong cartouche, the upper outline is convex and the lower concave. A biograpical text by Ippitsuan is along the top of the print.

Provenance Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.

Inscriptions [Signature] Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., 1986