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Lot 77From a Private English Collection
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1864)
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro 7th as Benkei, in the Fudo Myo-o Pose
Price Realised
GBP 5,000
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Specialist note
Surimono were privately and expensively commissioned prints printed on slightly thicker presentation paper, which enabled special and more complex printing effects including blind embossing and use of metallic pigments. Yashima Gakutei and Totoya Hokkei were great exponents of this style of print which were often commissioned for poetry gatherings and the New Year.
For another design on the same subject by Kunisada, held in both the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54383
and:
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/203796
For another design on the same subject by Kunisada, held in both the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54383
and:
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/203796