Actors, samourai and courtesans
KUNISADA Utagawa, dit TOYOKUNI III
FICHE 5887
(1786 - 1865)
The actress Sawamura Tanosuke III playing the courtesan Katsuragi in Tsuru no haru Tosae Sayaate, 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: 365 x 260 mm. (ôban tate-e)
Condition: Slight light-staining, holes of binding in right margin
210 €
