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KUNISADA I. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Two...

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KUNISADA I. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Two Osaka courtesans. Triptych. Triptych, Ôban tate-e (vertical). 360x740 mm. Sign: "Toyokuni ga," in a red Toshidama cartouche. Publisher: Hamadaya Tokubei. Censors' seal: Fuku, Muramatsu. Oval seal with zodiac date (Rat 2). Signs of wear, bright colors. Handsome scene from the nine-act play "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki," whose protagonists are the two beautiful Osaka courtesans Fujiya Azuma and Fujiya Miyako and the rival sumo wrestlers Nuregami Chôgorô and Hanaregoma Chôkichi, shown here in the two side prints.