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KUNISADA, Utagawa  (1786 - 1865)		Five Iris Flowers in Full Bloom Hana shobo goshiki zensai
		Signed:                       Toyokuni ga Date:                            4th month, 1858 Publisher:                  Yamada-ya Size:                            oban pentaptych  (37 x 25. 5 cm / 14 1/2" x 10", ea. sheet) Condition: Fine impression, colors and condition; unfaded, fresh colors, full paper size with margins, five separate sheets. ref. no.: #585024 Price:  € 1,750.00

This complete, five-panel composition shows the following five kabuki actors (from right to left): Isamigoma no Tokuzo, Iwai Enjiro, Banreskisha Ichinosuke, Hokoku no Gonza, and Mizukami no Kisaburo standing at the rails along a pond with irises at night to which the title refers; roofs of the distant houses are seen behind them.

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