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Actors, samourai and courtesans

KUNISADA Utagawa, dit TOYOKUNI III

FICHE 5876

(1786 - 1865)

The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV playing Asakura Togo in Sakura Soshi gojitsu bundan, plate from Tosei jihitsu kagami (Contemporary Portraits of Actors with Their Own Handwriting)

Woodcut in colours

1861

A nice impression, signed oju Toyokuni ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, aratame censor seal with date, 

The still-life in the top are designed by Gengyo Miyagi.

Sheet: 367 x 260 mm. (ôban tate-e)

Condition: Holes of binding in right margin, slight light-staining, soft handling creases

180 €