KUNISADA. Yakusha-e. Oban. Portrait of Kawarazaki... Lot 246

KUNISADA. Yakusha-e. Oban. Portrait of Kawarazaki Gonjuro. Colored woodcut. 365x245 mm. Excellent fresh color print with "nunomezuri," trimmed to the image, glossy black print and mica print on the upper black margin. Portrait of Kawarazaki Gonjuro in the role of Yaegaki Monza and magnifi illustration of Kawara Nadeshiko carnation. From the series "Tosei mitate sanju rokkassen" (Brilliant actors and flowers, as outstanding as the 36 poets). Nunomezuri is a refined technique of blind or gauffrage printing, particularly used to suggest fabric patterns on a figure's robes.