Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) | The actor Sawamura Sojuro III in the role of Ume no Yoshibei, also known as Tosshi | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III in the role of Ume no Yoshibei, also known as Tosshi

Edo period, 19^th century

woodblock print, embellished with embossing, from an untitled series of okubi-e actors past and present, signed Nanajuhassai Toyokuni ga (Picutered by Toyokuni at the age of 78) within toshidama cartouche, censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Ebisuya Shoshichi (Kinshindo), block-cutter: Horiko Ryuzo (Kiyomizu Ryuzo), 7^th month 1863; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

Vertical oban: 36.1 x 25.1 cm., 14¼ x 9⅞ in.

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), L'acteur Sawamura Sojuro III, époque Edo, XIXe siècle

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

For a similar impression of the same print, see Sebastian Izzard, Utagawa Kunisada: His World Revisited (New York, 2021), p. 174-75, no. 64.

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