KUNISADA (1786-1865). Courtesan Hanamurasaki. (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
Subject:
The courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya with kamuro Hananoka and Matsugae. Despite the title mentions the name of two kamuro only one is depicted near the courtesan.
Series:
Seirō bijin awase (Comparison of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters).
Signature:
Kōchōrō Kunisada ga
Date:
ca. 1826. Censor seal kiwame
Publisher:
Moriya Jihei (Kinshindō)
Size:
Vertical nagaban, 51x23,4 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Another impression is illustrated and the series described in detail, in Sebastian Izzard (editor). Kunisada's World. New York, 1993, p. 150-1, no. 71/3.
Remarks:
Another impressions is in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, no. 11.20990.
Conditions:
Fine impression and colour, very good conditions.
Item no:
B 340
Status:
Sold