Description
Funny woodblock printed illustration made by the artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳), entitled “Two Gods of Good Fortune on a Pilgrimage on the First Day of the Rabbit” (二福神初卯詣) and depicting two of the “Seven Lucky Gods” Shichifukujin (七福神): on the right Fukurokuju (福禄寿) and, on the left, Ebisu (恵比寿).
The work is taken from issue 19 (巻十九) of Bijutsu Sekai (美術世界), that is “The World of Art”, the famous magazine edited by the nihonga (日本画) painter Watanabe Seitei (渡辺省亭) and produced by the publisher Wada Tokutaro (和田篤太郎) of Shunyodo (春陽堂).
The print, made in September 1892 in collaboration with the carver Goto Tokujiro (五島徳次郎) and the printer Yoshida Ichimatsu (吉田市松), is in good condition.
