Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, dit TOYOKUNI III
FICHE 5870
(1786 - 1865)
The actor Bando Hikosaburo V playing Ono Sadakuro, plate from Tosei jihitsu kagami (Contemporary Portraits of Actors with Their Own Handwriting)
Woodcut in colours
1861
A nice impression, signed oju Toyokuni ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, aratame censor seal with date,
The still-life in the top are designed by Gengyo Miyagi.
Sheet: 362 x 255 mm. (ôban tate-e)
Condition: Holes of binding in right margin, slight light-staining
180 €
