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'The Break-up Act from Tsurugi no momiji' 釼紅葉 縁切の段 - ca 1840s - Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
No. 82456755
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'Takeda Katsuyori and Yae with Ghosts' - 1861 - Utagawa Kuniaki (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Description:
Two prints, separated.
Original woodblock prints diptych of actors Nakamura Shikan portraying Takeda Katsuyori and Sawamura Tanosuke as Yae, by Utagawa Kuniaki (1797-1861).
Yae, surrounded by ghostly flames, was the servant of the father of Takeda Katsuyori: Shingen. Also the famous helmet in this print belongs to Takeda Shingen.
Fine printing, with kimekomi (blind-printing or 'gauffrage') on the helmet.
Signed "Kuniaki ga", in Toshidama-cartouche, on both sheets.
Good condition & colors, tear on the left margin
No. 82456755
No longer available
'Takeda Katsuyori and Yae with Ghosts' - 1861 - Utagawa Kuniaki (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Description:
Two prints, separated.
Original woodblock prints diptych of actors Nakamura Shikan portraying Takeda Katsuyori and Sawamura Tanosuke as Yae, by Utagawa Kuniaki (1797-1861).
Yae, surrounded by ghostly flames, was the servant of the father of Takeda Katsuyori: Shingen. Also the famous helmet in this print belongs to Takeda Shingen.
Fine printing, with kimekomi (blind-printing or 'gauffrage') on the helmet.
Signed "Kuniaki ga", in Toshidama-cartouche, on both sheets.
Good condition & colors, tear on the left margin
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