THE BEAUTY OKOMA AND THE HAIRDRESSER SAIZA (Utagawa Kunisada)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865), signed Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画
Print title: Okoma and Saiza おこま 才三
Print subject: Okoma お駒, daughter of the Shirokiya 城木屋 lumber house, and the hairdresser Saiza 才三

Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Eijudo 永寿堂)
Censor’s seal: kiwame 極

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Period: 1818-1830
Condition: reasonable, wrinkles, imperfections on the lower margin, backing
Dimensions: 22,5 x 34,5 cm

SOLD