Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Title: Rivals in Pleasure Quarter
Date: 1885.
Details & Prices: Toyohara Kunichika: Rivals in Pleasure Quarter - Artelino
Source:
artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
Two rivals in Yoshiwara pleasure quarter, Nagoya Sanzaburo (Left: played by Kataoka Gado) and Fuwa Banzaemon (Right: Nakamura Shikan). Nakai (Nakamura Fukusuke) is in between. The generously applied mica on the dark background looks like reflecting the light from the street lanterns.
