Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865)
Mitsuuji steps out from behind a byôbu screen and surprises a seated young lady in a splendid kimono, sitting in front of a sheet of paper and painting utensils.
Titel: Momiji no ga – Dai kyû no maki (Beneath the Autumn Leaves – Chapter No. 9)
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: 6/1858
Size: Oban diptych, 36,3 x 49,2 cm
Very good impression and colours, with embossing, two separate unbacked sheets, at the inner margins some small, professionally restored pinholes, overall in excellent condition.
Ill. in: Andreas Marks, Genji's World in Japanese Woodblock Prints. Leiden 2012, p. 139, No. 112., including a detailed description and images of all diptychs of this luxurious Genji series.
€ 700,-