Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865)
The actor Iwai Hanshirô VII in the role of the brave Koman from Seki. In the background a daimyô and his entourage on the Tokaido Road.
Title: Seki – Koman
Series: Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi (53 stations of the Tokaido Road)
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Woodcutter: Hori take (Yokogawa Takejirô)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Censors: Hama and Magome
Date: 5/1852
Size: Oban, 35,5 x 25,5 cm
Nice impression and colours. Nearly full margins, not mounted. Just a few small worm- and pinholes, partly restored, otherwise nice and fresh condition.
MFA Boston, Bigelow Coll. No 11.29448.
sold