UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III) (1786 - 1864)

Description:

Japan, late Edo period
35,5 x 24 cm
Portfolio of 67 Ôban tate-e, colour woodblock prints from the series '' Kokon haiyû nigao taizen'' (Anthology of actor portraits from the past and present - family trees). Signature: Nanajuhachi sai Toyokuni hitsu. Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke. Date: 1862 - 1863. In this series Utagawa Kunisada illustrated portraits of 302 actors from the past and present.
From a German private collection, acquired prior to 1990 - Traces of age, partly slightly damaged, some backed, trimmed and with holes at the margins due to book binding, unframed