Antique Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kuniaki II of the Actor Sawamura Tansuke as Itchome

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Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kuniaki II (1835-1888) of the Actor Sawamura Tansuke as Itchome.
Utagawa Kuniaki II, Actor Sawamura … more Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kuniaki II (1835-1888) of the Actor Sawamura Tansuke as Itchome.
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ARTIST: Utagawa Kuniaki II (1835-1888)
MEDIUM: Woodcut
DATE: n.d.
DIMENSIONS: 13.75 x 9.125 in. (sight); 20.75 x 15.75 in. (framed)
SIGNATURE: Signed in block
CONDITION: Fine
PROVENANCE: Larry Linksey, Los Angeles, CA; Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM
Acquired from Lawrence Auctions Santa Fe, NM.

About the artist
Utagawa Kuniaki II was a print artist and painter. Pupil of Utagawa Kunisada (q.v.); thought by some to be the same person as Hachisuka Kuniaki (q.v.). His father, Tatsunosuke, a minor samurai in the fourteenth division of castle guards. Produced actor and genre prints and paintings of beauties during the late Edo period. Also did Yokohama prints. less