Original woodblock print triptych - Scene from the kabuki play 'Musume hyōban zen'aku kagami' - Paper - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - Japan - Late Edo period
Four courtesans on the stage of the Kabuki Theater.
Signed on all three sheets in a white cartouche: Kunichika with the red Toshidama seal
Small round censorship stamp above the signature cartouche
Published 1865
Dimensions: 3 sheets each 24 x 34 (triptych)
Very good print and colors.
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Frank Lapisch Collection (lived and collected in Japan in the 1960s and 70s)
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Four courtesans on the stage of the Kabuki Theater.
Signed on all three sheets in a white cartouche: Kunichika with the red Toshidama seal
Small round censorship stamp above the signature cartouche
Published 1865
Dimensions: 3 sheets each 24 x 34 (triptych)
Very good print and colors.
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Frank Lapisch Collection (lived and collected in Japan in the 1960s and 70s)
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See Waseda University:
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https: //archive. waseda. jp/archive/detail. html? arg={%22sub. DB_id%22: %2252%22,%22id%22: %22171294; 1%22}&lang=jp
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https: //archive. waseda. jp/archive/detail. html? arg={%22sub. DB_id%22: %2252%22,%22id%22: %22190404; 2%22}&lang=jp
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Well packaged, insured and shipped with DHL