KUNISADA, Utagawa (1786 - 1864)  
KUNISADA, Utagawa (1786 - 1864)
 

Tosei oshi-e hagoita / Battledore pictures of the day
Atari kyogen no uchi / Popular kyogen (Noh farce) performances.

 
The portrait of the actor Bandô Mitsugôrô III as Hayano Kampei (role in the Chûshingura) on a pressed-cloth battledore.
Signed: Ojû Gototei Kunisada ga
Publisher: Azumaya Dansuke
Censor/date seal: kiwame c. 1823
Fine impression and colours, trimmed at top and bottom, soiling in the light background.
€ 975.-
  
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