Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, called TOYOKUNI III and HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 19206
(1786 - 1864) and (1797 - 1858)
Megawa Village (Megawa no sato)
Actor Bandō Mitsugorō III as Chōemon and an unidentified actor as Ohan
Woodblock print
1855
Fine impression on japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu and Toyokuni ga, plate 52 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: ôban (358 x 245 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: laid on Japan paper.
450 €
