Utagawa KUNISADA (Toyokuni III). 1786-1864

Nobleman and Princess playing “go” game. Diptych.1852-1853

Polychrome woodcut. 350x550 mm, trimmed within margins. Sign left near the margin: “Toyokuni ga” in yellow cartouche. Above the signature, two round seals of the censors “Hama – Magomi”. Next to the cartouche, the oval zodiacal seal, Rat year. Next to the cartouche, above, the oval zodiacal seal, Rat year; down, the the publisher Maruya Seijirō. Print pasted on support card. Holes, tears, unsophisticated copy.