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Item #108511200

Utagawa Kunisada, Actors' print (Diptych)

Item No

#108511200

Item

Ukiyo-e(Actor)

Price

$560.00

Weight

0.02kg

size

width

51.3cm 20 1/4"

height

36.3cm 14 1/4"

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This is a scene from the play 'Kanetekikuoie no bakemono' performed at Nakamura-za (Kabuki theater) in Edo, 1838.
Boldly placing a huge carp in the wild waves adds a reality to the composition.
Summer Kyogen means an entertainment performed by young actors in a short term during the summer holiday.

A worm hole, fold, crack, slight foxing.

Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1865) (also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III) was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.