c.1854

By Utagawa Kunisada (1786–12 January 1865)

This image depicts actors Ichikawa Danjuro III and Asao Okuyama III from the play 'Selection of Six Flowers’.

Kunisada was a famous Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designers of ukiyo-e period. Woodblock printing in Japan was a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e. Widely adopted in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868).

Cropped; minor creasing.

355 x 245mm

R3,000