Utagawa Toyokuni III, Japan, Ca. 1851A
print from the series Faithful Representations of a Radiant Prince Sono sugata murasaki (yukari) no utsushi-e, chapter 26, , 其姿紫の写絵 廿六.
Print, ink and polychrome on ôban yoko e-format paper, from the series illustrating the 54 chapters of the genji Monogatari - 源氏物語. Here chapter 26 Tokonatsu - 常夏, the eternal summer. Episode that tells the romance between Prince Genji and the beautiful Tamakazura.
Signed Ichiyōsai Toyokuni.
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô).
Censor stamps Fuku and Marumatsu.
Framed under glass, the margins of the print decorated with Genji mon (or Genji kô) probably hidden under the marie-louise.
22 x 33 cm (at sight)
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Lot no. 163

Utagawa Toyokuni III, Japan, Ca. 1851A print from the series Faithful Representations of a Radiant Prince Sono sugata murasaki (yukari) no utsushi-e, chapter 26, , 其姿紫の写絵 廿六. Print, ink and polychrome on ôban yoko e-format paper, from the series illustrating the 54 chapters of the genji Monogatari - 源氏物語. Here chapter 26 Tokonatsu - 常夏, the eternal summer. Episode that tells the romance between Prince Genji and the beautiful Tamakazura. Signed Ichiyōsai Toyokuni. Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô). Censor stamps Fuku and Marumatsu. Framed under glass, the margins of the print decorated with Genji mon (or Genji kô) probably hidden under the marie-louise. 22 x 33 cm (at sight)

Estimate
€100 - €120
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€230
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28%
Utagawa Toyokuni III, Japan, Ca. 1851A print from the series Faithful Representations of a Radiant Prince Sono sugata murasaki (yukari) no utsushi-e, chapter 26, , 其姿紫の写絵 廿六. Print, ink and polychrome on ôban yoko e-format paper, from the series illustrating the 54 chapters of the genji Monogatari - 源氏物語. Here chapter 26 Tokonatsu - 常夏, the eternal summer. Episode that tells the romance between Prince Genji and the beautiful Tamakazura. Signed Ichiyōsai Toyokuni. Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô). Censor stamps Fuku and Marumatsu. Framed under glass, the margins of the print decorated with Genji mon (or Genji kô) probably hidden under the marie-louise. 22 x 33 cm (at sight)
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