Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865)
A lady looking at herself in the mirror while donning a lovely kimono with morning glories. A young courtier boy, carrying a tray with burning incense, turns around to take a look at her.
Title: Utsusemi – Dai san no maki (The Cicada Shell – Chapter No. 3)
Series: Genji goshû yojô (Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection)
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Block cutter: Yokogawa Takejirô
Publisher: Sakanaya Eikichi (Uo-ei), Edo
Date: 3/1858
Size: Oban diptych, 36,2 x 49,2 cm
Beautiful impression and colours, with embossing, two separate unbacked sheets, at the inner margins some small, professionally restored pinholes, overall in excellent condition.
Ill. in: Andreas Marks, Genji‘s World in Japanese Woodblock Prints. Leiden 2012, p. 137, No. 107., including a detailed description and images of all diptychs of this luxurious Genji series.
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