GROVE OF THE WATER GOD (Utagawa Kunisada)

Original Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Grove of the Water God (水神森): Actors Ichikawa Ichizo III (三代目市川市蔵) as Dekiboshi no Sankichi (出来星ノ三吉) and Ichikawa Shinsha I (初代市川新車) as Samon’s Daughter Omine (左門娘おみね)
Play: Tanomimasu Soga no Kamigaki (頼三升曽我神垣)
Theater: Morita (守田)
Publisher: Kiya Sojiro (木屋宗次郎), owner of Kobokudo (紅木堂)
Carver: Koizumi Kanegoro (小泉兼五郎)
Year: 1859, 3rd month
Condition: fair, right signs of aging, small imperfections on the margins, slight deterioration of the paper on the woman’s face
Overall size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm

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