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KUNISADA e HIROSHIGE II. Edo Fire E - Brigade E. Colored woodcut. 350x225 mm. Sign: Toyokuni ga and Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Katoya Imazo. Censorship: Aratame. Excellent impression, fresh in color, with bokashi and black glossy printing (Black Overgarment), margins a little bit soiled. Print with three panels. Above the dedication to Brigade E, below, on the right, portrait, on the left, landscape. From the series "Edo no hana meishoe" (Outstanding flowers of Edo), each sheet of the series dedicated to a fire department. Above E-brigade, fifth Ryudo section, right portrait of Kawarazaki Gonjuro with make-up mask as Musashi Goro Sadayo, left landscape with bridge over the Ryugawa River.In the two lower boxes appear the signatures of Kunisada, in Toshidama red cartouche (box on the right), and Hiroshige II, in red cartouche (box on the left). Hiroshige II moved to Yokohama in 1865 and produced prints in collaboration with Kunisada, who had previously worked with Hiroshige I.
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KUNISADA e HIROSHIGE II. Edo Fire E - Brigade E. Colored woodcut. 350x225 mm. Sign: Toyokuni ga and Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Katoya Imazo. Censorship: Aratame. Excellent impression, fresh in color, with bokashi and black glossy printing (Black Overgarment), margins a little bit soiled. Print with three panels. Above the dedication to Brigade E, below, on the right, portrait, on the left, landscape. From the series "Edo no hana meishoe" (Outstanding flowers of Edo), each sheet of the series dedicated to a fire department. Above E-brigade, fifth Ryudo section, right portrait of Kawarazaki Gonjuro with make-up mask as Musashi Goro Sadayo, left landscape with bridge over the Ryugawa River.In the two lower boxes appear the signatures of Kunisada, in Toshidama red cartouche (box on the right), and Hiroshige II, in red cartouche (box on the left). Hiroshige II moved to Yokohama in 1865 and produced prints in collaboration with Kunisada, who had previously worked with Hiroshige I.
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