Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, called TOYOKUNI III and HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 15635
(1786 - 1864) and (1797 - 1858)
Seki: The Ancient Barrier Gate at Suzuka (Kodai Suzuka no seki)
The poet Semimaru
Woodblock print
1855
Fine impression on japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu and Toyokuni ga, plate 48 from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi), published by Maruya Kyûshirô. Censors' seals Aratame, Hare 8.
Sheet: vertical ôban 366 x 248 mm
Condition: light-staining, worms hole in the landscape, binding holes along the left edge, soiling near the publisher stamp.
450 €
