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KUNIYOSHI Utagawa

FICHE 19066

(1797 - 1861)

Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Shimobe Gunsuke holding a small Buddhist shrine from which a supernatural light is emanating

Ichikawa Kodanji IV as ghost priest Hôkaibô and Nakamura Utaemon IV as the ghost of Princess

Woodblock print

1848

Impressions on Japan paper, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Ebi-ya Rinnosuke. Censors' seals Muramatsu, Yoshimura.

Sheet: 360 x 488 mm

Reference: proofs are preserved in the Waseda University in Tokyo.

Condition: stuck on a black paper, small worm holes, slightly light-staining.

600 €