KUNISADA (1786–1865). A bijin reading
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
Subject:
A seated bijin reading a letter. On the background a painted screen with the Ise rocks.
Series:
Hyakunin bijo (One hundred beauties)
Signature:
Unsigned as most prints in the series.
Date:
ca. 1825
Size:
Koban, surimono style, 18,3x11,6 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print with use of metallic pigments.
Literature:
For a discussion of this series of surimono see Chris Uhlenbeck, Commercially produced surimono in The Poetic Image. Leiden 1987, p.17-19.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colour and conditions.
Item no:
D 340*