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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Tsutaya Kichizo Tsutaya Kichizo Tsutaya Kichizo Tsutaya Kichizo
Date of this item: 1857 1857 1857 1857
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.:
Sunday, 10 July 2005

Artist: Kunisada II Utagawa 1823-1880
Signature: Baichoro Kunisada ga
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo
Date: 1857
Size: 25,0 x 36,0 cm
Format: oban
Title: "Murasaki Shikibu Genji-karuta"
Illustrations of the Genji-karuta written by Murasaki
chapter 18:
Matsukaze
Impression: very good
Colors: very good - , fresh colors
Condition: very good - , thin albumbacking
Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880). From his Genji series, #18 – Matsukaze. Two women, one with a hat and the other with an oar and a torch watch cormorant fishermen fishing by torchlight. Good design. Album backing, otherwise very good condition, color and impression, clean. Got that high-quality green pigment in her robe. Published by Tsutaya Kichizo in 1857. 14” X 9 7/8”.
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Kunisada2- Murasaki Shikibu Genji Karuta- 18- 1.jpg is:

Story of Genji: # 18 Matsukaze

Artist: Kunisada II
Format: Oban tate-e: 14" x 9.5"

Subject: In the foreground two bijin disguised as Cormorant fishermen, in the background night fishing in progress. One of the best designs from the set.

Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo

Date: c. 1860

Condition: Fine colors. Slightly trimmed. Japanese album backing paper. Slightly rubbed bottom right corner. Minor creases, marks and flaws. Generally good state of preservation.

Impression: Very good impression with gauffrage.

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