KUNISADA (1786-1865). Seki Sanjūrō II
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)
Subject:
Seki Sanjūrō II (1786-1839) as Soga Gorō Tokimune.
Series:
Contemporary Pressed-Cloth Battledores (Tōsei oshi-e hagoita). A series of at least ten prints of retrospective portraits of kabuki actors inside hagoita battledores.
Signature:
Ōju Gototei Kunisada ga
Date:
1823 ca.. Censor seal kiwame
Publisher:
Azumaya Daisuke
Size:
Ōban tate-e, 38x25,5 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print with mica details.
Literature:
Another two impressions are illustrated in Eiko Kondo. Il teatro "kabuki" nelle xilografie del periodo Edo. Roma: Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale, 1984, no. 46 and in Robert Schaap. Kunisada: imaging drama and beauty. Leiden, 2016, Hotei Publishing.p. 85, no. 65.
Remarks:
Another impression is in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, n. 11.25949
Conditions:
Fine impression and color, faint centre fold, very good conditions.
Item no:
C 1034
Price:
Euro 1500
Status:
Available