KUNISADA (1786-1865) and HIROSHIGE (1797-1858). (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) and Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858).
Subject:
The Price Genji in a snowy garden.
Title:
Azuma genji yuki no niwa (The Genji of the Est:The garden under the snow)
Signature:
Oju Hiroshige hitsu for the landscape and Toyokuni ga for trhe figures.
Date:
Censor seal aratame and date for the Tiger Year, 12th month 1855.
Publisher:
Moriya Jihei (Kinshindo)
Size:
Oban tate-e triptych, 37,5x25,8 cm each sheet.
Medium:
Woodblock color print
Literature:
Another example is illustrated in Andreas Marks et al. Genji World in Japanese woodblock Prints, Leiden 2012, tav 236.
Remarks:
Another example is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, n. 11.21540-2.
Conditions:
Good impresssion, very good colour and conditions. Full size.
Item no:
A 130