Un seigneur et son écuyer regardant trois femmes à l'éventail près de l'eau

Original print printed between 1847 and 1854. Cut with a one-centimeter margin. Modern framing done in Tokyo with label on the back: Jinbocho Kanda Tokyo. Japan. Kingyokudo & co. Varnished mahogany frame. The print has a tiny adhesive on a margin connecting it to the mount. A polystyrene plate and a Japanese wood panel on the back. Small pivoting rivets allow quick access to the engraving. A removable fabric cord allows hanging the engraving. The whole is housed in a cardboard box.
Print on rice or mulberry paper. One vertical fold. Frame dimensions: 35x50cm. Print: 23.5x35cm.
Very handsome print with refined staging and colors. Under a flowering cherry tree, a lord and his squire observe three women at the water's edge waving fans; they all carry swords. The kimono fabrics are particularly complex and very different. Utagawa Kunisada is one of the most famous and popular artists of the 19th century, and also one of the most prolific; he dominated the print market for several decades.