Swordfighting. Triptych.
Japan mid-19th century. Dimensions: 69 x 34 cm. Original color woodcuts on paper.
Good condition. The scene depicts a kabuki style sword fight. Wonderful composition with large figures and fine details of armor and weapons. Kunisada Utagawa - Japanese painter, pupil of Toyokuni Utagawa. He mostly created a variety of female portraits, sometimes of an erotic nature (shunga), as well as images of kabuki theater actors. He also worked as a book illustrator.
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