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Tomomori sitting on a huge rock at sea

Tomomori sitting on a huge rock at sea
by Kunisada and Gengyo

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Artist: Kunisada and Gengyo
Title: Tomomori sitting on a huge rock at sea
Series: Parodies of the 36 Poets 見立三十六可選
Date of first edition?1856
Publisher (first edition)?Iseya Kanekichi
Publisher (this edition)?Iseya Kanekichi
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 33225
Notes (first edition)?
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Mitate Sanjurokkasen Series: # 4

Artist: Kunisada & Gengyo
Format: Oban tate-e: 14.25" x 10"

Subject: Tomomori sitting on a huge rock at sea clutching the anchor with which he is about to drown himself. In the background a still life of two dancers by Gengyo. One of the masterpieces of this set.

Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi

Date: 1856

Condition: Fine colors. Slightly trimmed. Glue residue along right edge on verso. Album binding holes along left margin. A few thinned spots in right margin. Minor stains, soils, marks and flaws. Generally very good state of preservation.

Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage and mica.

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