KUNISADA, Utagawa
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KUNISADA, Utagawa (1786 – 1864)
 

Meoto awase / Matching a man and a woman.
The geisha Umekawa holding a bundle of letters in her mouth, and in the inset an actor in the role of Chubei.
 
Signed: Toyokuni ga in toshidama cartouche
Engraver: hori Take Publisher: unread
Censor/date seal: aratame c. 1840 Good impression and colours, trimmed in the fan shape this print was meant for and glued on a thin Japanese paper.
€ 620.-