Hosokute: Bando Hikosaburo IV as Konoshita Tokichi

by Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864)

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Hosokute: Bando Hikosaburo IV as Konoshita Tokichi by Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864)

Original Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864) Japanese Woodblock Print
Hosokute: Bando Hikosaburo IV as Konoshita Tokichi

Series; The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido, 1852

Hosokute: Bando Hikosaburo IV as Konoshita Tokichi - Handsome kabuki portrait of Bando Hikosaburo IV as the daimyo Konoshita Tokichi. He frowns angrily, hunching forward with his chin resting on his hand, his brows furrowed. He wears a dark brown kamishimo over a softly shaded gray kimono patterned with paulownia, a yellow paulownia crest appearing on the shoulders and sleeves. His hair is neatly pulled back into a topknot tied with white cord. The landscape above shows a view of Hosokute at night, with travelers passing signs at left and the rooftops of the village beneath the pines at right. Nicely detailed with embossing in the white kimono trim and blue collar, and the white cord.

Artist - Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864)

Image Size - Approximately 14" x 9 1/2"

Condition - With excellent color and detail as shown. Faint vertical center fold. Minor separation at ends of fold, repaired from reverse. Minor thinning along center fold and at edges in some prints. Remnants from previous backing on some prints. Please see photos for a sense of individual condition. Generally in nice condition overall.

Hosokute: Bando Hikosaburo IV as Konoshita Tokichi by Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864)
Hosokute: Bando Hikosaburo IV as Konoshita Tokichi by Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864)

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