OTOMI COMING BACK FROM A PUBLIC BATH (Utagawa Kunisada)
$389.00
Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865), signed Toyokuni ga 豊国画
From the series: Portraits from Hit Plays of Both Historical Stories and Modern Life 時代世話当姿見
Print subject: actor Onoe Kikugoro IV 四代目尾上菊五郎 as the geisha Yokogushi no Otomi 横ぐしのおとみ
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉
Carver: Yokokawa Takejiro 横川竹二郎, marked Yokokawa Hori Take 横川彫竹
Censor’s seal: Horse 9 午九
Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing
Year/Period: 1858, 9th month
Condition: overall very good, right signs of aging, small restorations on binding holes, backing
Dimensions: 24,5 x 34,5 cm
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