Fine Japanese Prints

Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) | Two woodblock prints from the series Lively Festivals for Lovers (Nigiou ya imose ennichi) | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Two woodblock prints from the series Lively Festivals for Lovers (Nigiou ya imose ennichi)

Edo period, 19^th century

both a woodblock print, from the series Lively Festivals for Lovers (Nigiou ya imose ennichi), signed Kochoro Kunisada ga (Pictured by Kochoro Kunisada), censor’s seal kiwame (approved), published by Soshuya Yohei, early 1830s, and comprising:

- The Shrine of Lord Kiyomasa in Shirogane (Shirogane Kiyomasa ko)

- The Kinpira Shrine in Toranomon (Toranomon Kinpira)

Each vertical oban:

38.2 x 26.2 cm., 15 x 10 in. (the first)

38.1 x 26.1 cm., 15 x 10 in. (the second)

For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 34.523, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/246603/the-shrine-of-lord-kiyomasa-in-shirogane-shirogane-kiyomasa?ctx=ff1266c3-9d18-4bbb-823d-1157e4b266aa&idx=1

For a another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 34.525, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/246605/the-kinpira-shrine-in-toranomon-toranomon-kinpira-from-th?ctx=ff1266c3-9d18-4bbb-823d-1157e4b266aa&idx=3