Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, called TOYOKUNI III and HIROSHIGE Ando
FICHE 20642
(1786 - 1864) and (1797 - 1858)
The Hirasei Restaurant: Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Taira no Kiyomori
Woodblock print
1853
Impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu and Toyokuni ga, plate from the series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tôto kômei kaiseki zukushi), published by Fujiokaya Keijiro. Censors' seals hama, magome, ox 1.
Sheet: ôban (354 x 234 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: trimmed on sides.
350 €
