KUNIYOSHI. Fashionable Living Dolls. A scene in a brothel. Diptych.

1798 - 1861

1856-57

Polychrome woodcut. 355x485 mm, trimmed within margins. Top right the title in a red cartouche: ????? (Fûryû iki ningyô, Fashionable Living Dolls). Under, signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (??? ?? ?), in two toshidama cartouches. Aratame Seal (?) and oval Zodiac Dragon (?)/Month Seal. Year Of The Dragon: February 6, 1856 - January 25, 1857. During this time period, prints contain an aratame seal with a zodiac dragon/month seal. Publisher seal of Mikawaya Tetsugoro (Marks #329). Pasted on cardboard. Minor defects, fine specimen.