Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, dit TOYOKUNI III
FICHE 18579
(1786 - 1865)
The Syllable Ho for Raised in Honmachi (Honmachi sodachi): Actors Iwai Kumesaburo III as Koito and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Sashichi
Woodblock print
1856
Impression on Japan paper, signed Toyokuni ga, from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Seisho nanatsu iroha), published by Tsujiya Yasubei.
Sheet: ôban (355 x 239 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: laid on strong paper, light-staining, wears.
210 €
