Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865)
Mitsuuji, standing in front of a waterbowl, brushing his teeth in the morning. At his side, a timid young lady kneeling in front of a wash basin with a pitcher and a towel.
Title: Aoi – Dai jûyon maki (Heart-to-Heart – Chapter No. 14)
Series: Genji goshû yojô (Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection)
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Block cutter: Yokogawa Takejirô
Publisher: Sakanaya Eikichi (Uo-ei), Edo
Date: 12/1857
Size: Oban diptych, 36,3 x 49,3 cm
Very good impression and colours, with embossing, two separate unbacked sheets, at the inner margins some small, professionally restored pinholes, overall excellent condition.
Ill. in: Andreas Marks, Genji‘s World in Japanese Woodblock Prints. Leiden 2012, p. 141, No. 117. including a detailed description and images of all diptychs of this luxurious Genji series.
€ 700,-