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Details
- Dimensions
- 35ʺW × 1ʺD × 19ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- Mid 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Paper
- Wood
- Woodcut
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Cerulean
- Condition Notes
- In good condition, with minor wear to the frame. In good condition, with minor wear to the frame. less
- Description
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Antique 1855 Japanese Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni 3rd) (1786-1865) triptych woodblock print, framed.
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), also referred to as Toyokuni … more Antique 1855 Japanese Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni 3rd) (1786-1865) triptych woodblock print, framed.
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), also referred to as Toyokuni 3rd, produced this beautiful triptych in the Edo Period. This attractive scene of an eventide girls riverside party on the Sumida River in Edo (Tokyo) shows revelers on a bridge in the background. Note the use of blue and white porcelain. The publisher is Tsutaya.
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese: 歌川 国貞; 1786 – 12 January 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代 歌川 豊国, Sandai Utagawa Toyokuni), was the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
His early sketches at that time impressed Toyokuni, the great master of the Utagawa school and prominent designer of kabuki and actor-portrait prints. In the year 1800 or shortly thereafter Kunisada was accepted by Toyokuni I as an apprentice in his workshop. In keeping with a tradition of Japanese master-apprentice relations, he was then given the official artist name of "KUNI-sada", the first character of which was derived from the second part of the name "Toyo-KUNI". (Wikipedia)
The Edo period or Tokugawa period is between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo
This piece was bought from a gallery specializing in high quality “collectible” art in Tokyo in 1980. Unframed: 30”w x 15” H less
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