A red-skinned boy raises a bird-topped pole beside a monkey

A muscular, red-skinned boy raises a long pole topped with a perched bird among tall pine trunks streaked with blue evening light. Beside him a grey monkey stands upright carrying a green woven basket, and a white hare in a purple robe crouches behind a rock at right. A fan-shaped inset at upper left shows a distant mountain and pines; a title cartouche reads Mochizuki, Kaidōmaru, with red seals and the Kuniyoshi signature at lower left. From the series 69 Stations of the Kisokaidō, 1852.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861) brought heroes, monsters and spectacle into the ukiyo-e print. A pupil of Toyokuni, he made his name in 1827 with the series of the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Suikoden, tattooed warriors caught mid-action, and went on to giant skeletons, cats, whales and satirical puzzles that slipped past the censors. His restless invention influenced Yoshitoshi and, much later, tattoo and manga art. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.