Kunisada: Tattooed Zhang Shun with Dragon Robe (Sold)
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865)
Title: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Yume no Ichirobei
Series: Tosei Suikoden ( A Modern Suikoden)
Date: 1863
The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Yume no Ichirobei compared to Zhang Shun (Chôjin ni hisu). In this series famous actors were compared to characters in the Suikoden, the Chinese tale of marsh-dwelling antiheroes. Although works in this series are individual sheets, three together can also be put together to form a triptych. There is also a secondary theme of setsugekka, Pine, Plum and Bamboo. This is one of three with the Bamboo theme.
Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.
Dimensions: Oban
Publisher: Hayashiya Shogoro
Seal: carver: hori Ota Tashichi
Signature: Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga
SKU: KUS442