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KUNISADA, Utagawa  (1786 - 1865)		An Imaginary Thirty-six Poets: 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" each sheet) Condition: Excellent impression, colors and condition; unfaded, brilliant colors, full paper size, five separate sheets as issued. ref. no.: #585024 - Sold -

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 distant houses are seen behind them.

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