Lot 797: f - UTAGAWA KUNIMASA, (1773? - 1810), 1798

ARASHI SANPACHI AS AKIZUKI DAIZEN AND NAKAMURA DENKURÔ AS SONOBE NO SAEMON

oban, 36 by 24.5cm., 14 1/8 by 9 5/8 in.

the former standing over the latter seated, as he prepares to examine a blade, in the play Shin-usuyuki monogatari performed in the 8th month of Kansei 10 [1798], at the Kiri-za, publisher's mark of Tsuruya Kinsuke, signed Kunimasa ga

Condition Note: Good impression, slightly faded, lightly soiled, slightly trimmed along left edge, repaired wormage

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