Utagawa KUNIYOSHI. 1798 - 1861
Fashionable Living Dolls. A scene in a brothel. 1856-57
Polychrome woodcut. 355x485 mm, trimmed within margins. Top right the title in a red cartouche: 風流生人形 (F?ry? iki ningy?, Fashionable Living Dolls). Under, signature: Ichiy?sai Kuniyoshi ga (一勇斎 国芳 画), in two toshidama cartouches. Aratame Seal (改) and oval Zodiac Dragon (辰)/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 Tetsugorō (Marks #329). Pasted on cardboard. Minor defects, fine specimen.