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Port Townsend, Washington

 

 

UTAGAWA KUNITAKA

歌川国孝

うたがわくにたか

(Active 1854-68)

Title:

Actor on the left panel: Ichikawa Shinnosuke IV (市川新之助 or いちかわ.しんのすけ)

 The actors on the right panel are

Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (河原崎権十郎 or かわらさき.ごんじゅうろう)

and

Kawarazaki Kunitarō I (河原崎国太郎 or かわらさき.くにたろう)

Date: 1863, 6th Month (for the seal on the right panel)

Publisher: Ise-ya Tōkichi

伊勢屋藤吉

いせや.とうきち

Carver: Horikō Mino

Size: Each panel is 14" x 9 1/2"

Signature: Kunitaka ga

Condition: Good to very good color. Very slight surface soiling.

Each panel is backed with thin Japanese paper. These panels are

not attached.

There is another copy of this diptych in the collection of Waseda University.

$210.00

SOLD!

 

 

 

 

 

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