UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)
Two beauties and a maidservant lighting their way with a lantern and carrying a shamisen box
Two beauties with a maidservant lighting their way with a lantern and carrying a shamisen box, the light from the lantern illuminates a dog running across the foreground which startles them; in the background there is some commotion with figures silhouetted against the darkness
Woodblock triptych, signed Gototei Kunisada ga, published by Mikawaya Seiemon, circa mid-1820s
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 39.7 x 27.4 cm.)
UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)
Two beauties and a maidservant lighting their way with a lantern and carrying a shamisen box
Two beauties with a maidservant lighting their way with a lantern and carrying a shamisen box, the light from the lantern illuminates a dog running across the foreground which startles them; in the background there is some commotion with figures silhouetted against the darkness
Woodblock triptych, signed Gototei Kunisada ga, published by Mikawaya Seiemon, circa mid-1820s
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 39.7 x 27.4 cm.)