Japanese Print "surimono / print" by Utagawa Kunihiro
Artist:Utagawa Kunihiro
Title:surimono / print
Date:1820 (?)
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Source:British Museum
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Colour woodblock print, surimono. Formal portrait of actor Arashi Kichisaburo II, commemorating changing name to Kitsusaburo, dressed in formal attire with sword-bearer and elbow-rest. With eight congratulatory poems. Nishiki-e on paper with applied lacquer and mother-of-pearl. Inscribed, signed and sealed.