Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral glazed door

glazed door

Features: Hand-carved Nandi bull form

Arahat or Arahant

and elephants can still be seen amongst the original carving making this beautiful piece a truly unique and impressive addition to your home

Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral glazed doorThis 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