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Kunisada II Hotaru, Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards No.25

Item No A1-98-303-02
Title Hotaru, Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards No.25
Artist Kunisada II
Date 1857
Condition Hole,Foxing
Size 25×36.5cm
Price SOLD
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Kunisada II
1823-1880
Ukiyoe painter. Also referred to as Ichijusai, Baichoro, Ichiyosai, and others as Gago. Although coming from a peasant family, he married Toyokuni -III-(Kunisada)">Kunisada I’s daughter to take over his father-in-law's Gago in approx.1870. He was excelled at actor painting, illustration for long handscroll, beauty, and warrior painting.