Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, called TOYOKUNI III and HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 19222
(1786 - 1864) and (1797 - 1858)
Kyoto: The Great Bridge at Sanjô (Kyô, taibi, Sanjô ôhashi no zu)
Lord Muromachi (Muromachi dono), i.e. Mitsuuji from Inaka Genji
Woodblock print
1855
Fine impression on japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu and Toyokuni ga, plate 55 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, stains on characters' faces.
400 €
