A Print by Kunisada (Toyokuni III) – Comic Series
March 2013 Auction by Far East Asian Art

This is a fun woodblock print by the famed Edo period woodblock artist, Kunisada(Toyokuni III). It is titled “Nango Rikimaru With Cut Foot” and is from Kunisada’s Comic Pictures Series. The print portrays a samurai dancing around on his right foot as he examines a cut or puncture wound on the outside of his left calf. He is next to a shoreline with gently breaking waves and a paddle lies on the ground next to him. There is no indication how he got the wound...