Utagawa Kunisada
1786 - 1865
From the story of the monstrous rats
ACTORS ICHIKAWA DANJÛRÔ VIII AS KANJA YOSHITAKA (TOP) AND NAKAMURA FUKUSUKE I AS KATSUMA SHINTARÔ (BOTTOM)
1854
ACTORS ICHIKAWA DANJÛRÔ VIII AS KANJA YOSHITAKA (TOP) AND NAKAMURA FUKUSUKE I AS KATSUMA SHINTARÔ (BOTTOM)
1854
Vertical ôban, upright diptych Size 735 x 257 mm
Signed: Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche on each sheet
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô)
Censor’s seals aratame and tora shichi
From the story: Kaizôden no uchi
Monstrous Rats
Very fine impression, fresh colours, very good conditions.
This diptych is very rare.
Another fine impression is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession number 11.43740a-b)
Price on application
