THREE-TOPIC STORIES IN THE MODERN STYLE: PORTRAIT OF A BEAUTY (Utagawa Kunisada II)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: fukuro-e 袋絵 wrapper illustrations

Artist: attrib. Utagawa Kunisada II 二代目歌川国貞 (1823-1880)
From the series: Three-Topic Stories in the Modern Style 今様三題噺
Print subject: portrait of a beauty

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

Period: ca. 1860s
Condition: good, trimmed margins
Dimensions: 10.5 x 14.5 cm

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