Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNIYOSHI Utagawa
FICHE 18443
(1797 - 1861)
Poem by Sakanoe Korenori: Satô Tadanobu
Woodblock print
circa 1845 - 1848
Impression on Japan paper, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Ibaya Senzaburô, from the series Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu). Censor's seal Mura.
Sheet: ôban (345 x 233 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: light-staining, dusty, old restoration in the right part of the sheet.
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