Two Brothers Zhang Xiao and Zhang Li, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, mid-19th century

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Two Brothers Zhang Xiao and Zhang Li, Edo period (1615–1868), mid-19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink on thin paper, H. 8 1/2 in. ( cm); W. 13 3/4 in. ( cm), Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), This extremely rare preparatory drawing presents the story of two brothers, Zhang Xiao and Zhang Li (J.: Chōkō and Chōrei). Li, while searching for nuts to feed his starving mother, was accosted by bandits

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Size: 3667px × 2525px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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