Utagawa Kunimasa II [Utagawa Kunimune II] (1792-1857)
Utagawa Kunimasa II [Utagawa Kunimune II] (1792-1857)

Utagawa Kunimasa II [Utagawa Kunimune II] (1792-1857)

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Utagawa Kunimasa II [Utagawa Kunimune II] (1792-1857)
Egoyomi surimono with metallic embellishments and gauffrage, an okubi-e (large-head portrait) of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI in a Shibaraku (Wait a moment!) role, dated 1823, Year of the Ram, poems above signed ...Sansho (Ichikawa Danjuro VII), Shinba Motoyasu and Kozensai, signed Kunimasa ga--very good impression and color, lightly stained and soiled, tape residue on verso
kakuban: 21.5 x 18.9cm.
Provenance
Theodor N. Scheiwe (1897-1983), previously sold in these Rooms, Japanese Prints, Paintings, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Collection of the late Theodor Scheiwe, Part I, 21 March, 1989, lot 173

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