Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, dit TOYOKUNI III
FICHE 20650
(1786 - 1864)
The Syllable A for the Play Akegarasu: Actors Bandô Shûka I as Urazato and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Tokijirô
Woodblock print
1856
Impression on Japan paper, signed Toyokuni ga, plate from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Seisho nanatsu iroha), published by Fujiokaya Keijiro. Censor seal aratame, dragon 6.
Sheet: ôban (344 x 240 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston
Condition: slightly dusty with a crease mark at the center of the sheet, laid on another paper.
230 €
