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Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2010



From right to to left:
Isamigoma no Tokuzo, Banreskisha Ichinosuke, Hokoku no Gonza, Iwai Enjiro and Mizukami no Kisaburo





TOYOKUNI III / KUNISADA
(1786 - 1865)

Kimonos patterned with different Genji symbols. Blooming iris flowers and buildings in the background.

Signature / Signatur: Toyokuni ga
Publischer / Verleger: Yamada-ya Shojirō
Carver's seal / Holzschneidersiegel: hori Take (Yokogawa Takejiro)
Date / Datierung: 4/1858
Dimension / Format: oban tate-e, 5 sheets, each approx 24,4 x 36 cm

Montag, 24. August 2009


Toyokuni III / Kunisada
(1786 - 1865)

Gonin otoko soroi no yukata

Five brave men in yukata
I am not sure about the right sequence.

from left to right:
1. A man called Tsukinowa no kuma (bear of cresent moon)
2. A man called ? (eagle)
3. A man called Minonowa no kame (turtle covered seaweed)
4. A man called Kokuun no tatsu (dragon of black cloud)
5. A man called Takemon no tora (tiger of bamboo gate)

Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichiemon
Censor's seal: aratame
Date: 5/1861
oban tate-e