Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, dit TOYOKUNI III
FICHE 5876
(1786 - 1865)
The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV playing Asakura Togo in Sakura Soshi gojitsu bundan, 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: 367 x 260 mm. (ôban tate-e)
Condition: Holes of binding in right margin, slight light-staining, soft handling creases
180 €
