Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, called TOYOKUNI III and HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 20166
(1786 - 1864) and (1797 - 1858)
Fujieda: Fording the Seto River (Setogawa kachiwatari)
Woodblock print
1854
Fine impression on japan paper, signed Hiroshige ga and Toyokuni ga, plate 23 from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi), published by Maruya Kyûshirô. Censors' seals aratame, tiger 12.
Sheet: ôban (353 x 241 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA de Boston.
Condition: partially trimmed in the lower part of the sheet, slight soilings, otherwise in good condition.
400 €
