Posted by Andrew (76.193.18.39) on November 14, 2011 at 03:34:36:
In Reply to: Re: Unknown print! posted by Noel Chiappa on November 14, 2011 at 00:44:08:
Guy Pepermans (as usual) is right about the samurai name, it says "Atsumori", not "Norimori". They were different members of the same warrior clan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsumori
Can't agree with "Kuninao" as a possible reading for the artist name. For the time being, I will stay with my original theory: that it is a stylised signature of Utagawa Kunitora, similar to the ones on these prints -
http://www.site-andoh.com/KunitoraRokosutoV.gif
http://www.sumo-nishikie.net/img/nishikie/0002.gif