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For another impression in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to www.mfa.org accession number 11.15480
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UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1787-1865)
A striking okubi-e [bust portrait] of the actor Onoe Kikujiro II as Takiyasha-hime, his sword and sleeve embellished with crushed shell, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Ebisuya Shoshichi (Kinshodo), 1862, and two other actor portraits, signed Toyokuni ga; and an unsigned actor portrait
Oban tate-e
A striking okubi-e [bust portrait] of the actor Onoe Kikujiro II as Takiyasha-hime, his sword and sleeve embellished with crushed shell, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Ebisuya Shoshichi (Kinshodo), 1862, and two other actor portraits, signed Toyokuni ga; and an unsigned actor portrait
Oban tate-e