Live auction - Lot 918
[Yakusha-e - Chûban]
Three spirits of Mandarin Ducks, the actors Nakamura Tamashichi I, Sawamura Kitô I, Arashi Kikaku II.
Kawane (seal: Kawaoto), c. 1849-1851
Hammer price: €
400
€ 450 / 600
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Lot description
Triptych, signature: Hirosada, artist seal: Rankei, Ôsaka-school, right: 25,2 x 18,3 cm, left: 25,1 x 17,7 cm, middle (with blue frame) 25,2 x 18,5 cm. Very good condition.
Utagawa or Konishi (Gosôtei) Hirosada, was the leading print designer, painter, and book illustrator of the mid-19th century in Osaka. An example of Hirosada's unusual placement of figures in polyptychs.
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