Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNIYOSHI Utagawa
FICHE 18442
(1797 - 1861)
Poem by Ise: Masaemon's Wife Otani
Woodblock print
circa 1845 - 1848
Impression on Japan paper, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Ibaya Senzaburô, from the seriesOgura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu). Censor's seal Kinugasa.
Sheet: ôban (372 x 250 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: dusty, binding holes in the right part of the sheet.
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