Utagawa KUNISADA. (Toyokuni III).1786-1864A Kabuki actor playing the part of a waiter.1858Polychrome woodcut. 238x350 mm., trimmed within margins. At the bottom right the signature “Toyokuni ga” in the red Toshidama cartouche, next to the oval censor seal of the censor and the publisher's brand in rectangular box. Year Of The Horse Zodiac Horse (午)/Month Seal (February 14, 1858 - February 2, 1859): 1858 Horse 5th Mo. (巳五). Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi. Good condition.

A fine Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print. A man with headdress between two small cupboards with tea cups and trays. He is probably the Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro. Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-ewoodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. About the publisher, see Marks #209.