[Woodblock triptych depicting the actors Arashi Sankô I as Yamanaya Bunzô and Arashi Chidori I as Midori (right panel), Sawamura Kitô II as Urazatô (middle panel), and Nakayama

by Utagawa Hirosada 歌川廣貞

$350 · Offered by Bolerium Books

Osaka: n.pub. 1851. Woodblock print. Three 7.25x10 inch prints, neatly joined and backed, very good. A depiction of the actors in a kabuki play about a samurai whose ill-fated love for a prostitute leads to their double suicide. More

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