Actors, samourai and courtesans
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 €
