Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, called TOYOKUNI III and HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 19212
(1786 - 1864) and (1797 - 1858)
Kameyama: Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Akabori Mizuemon
Woodblock print
1857
Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu and Toyokuni ga, plate 47 from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi), published by Maruya Kyûshirô. Censors' seals aratame, Snake 4.
Sheet: ôban (358 x 245 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: laid on Japan paper, slight soilings.
350 €
