Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865)
The jealous Akogi, holding a lantern in her hand, finds Mitsuuji hidden under a Kimono.
Title: Aoi – Jûsan no maki (Heart-to-Heart – Chapter No. 13, recto 12)
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: 2/1858
Size: Oban diptych, 36,3 x 49 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. 140, No. 116. including a detailed description and images of all diptychs of this luxurious Genji series.
€ 580,-