Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1846-1851

Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1846-1851

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Toyokuni III, was a hugely popular Japanese woodblock artist of the 19th Century, even more successful than contemporaries such as Hokusai and Hiroshige.

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This woodblock print known as 'Actors' or 'Kabuki' is the left panel of a triptych and illustrates Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Toneri Sakuramaru. Published Edo period. Carries double Nanushi censor seals of Murata and Mera which indicates a printing date of 1846-1852. Published by Miyakozawa, indicating a date of 1845-1851.

Dimensions: 36.7cm high x 25cm wide (actual image size) with a 1cm border along the top edge. Vertical oban.

Housed in a paper folio attached just lightly along the top edge.

The print is in very good condition. One small wormhole of around 4mm, repaired at rear (near actor's foot) and 1 x 5cm crease (now flattened) near other foot and 1 x 2cm crease (now flattened) in lower right corner. Colours remain vibrant and striking. A scarce print.