Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) – ‘Eguchi ryokan umibe chôbô zu’ 江口旅館海辺眺望図 (Panoramic View of the Seaside from the Inn at Eguchi) – Japan – 1860 (Ansei 7/Man’en 1)

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Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) – ‘Eguchi ryokan umibe chôbô zu’ 江口旅館海辺眺望図 (Panoramic View of the Seaside from the Inn at Eguchi) – Japan – 1860 (Ansei 7/Man’en 1)

Good condition, faded colors, minor paper loss

See Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/501744

Utagawa kunisada changed the Toyokuni III from 1844.

The signature says “Toyokuni e”豊国画”.
Kunisada is a art work around the age of 74.

Utagawa Kunisada memo
Utagawa Kunisada,also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III,was the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan.In his own time,his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries,Hokusai,Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.he took on Utagawa as a surname, and also used the surname Gototei 五渡亭( bunka 8 period to the end of Tenpo period),Kouchouou香蝶楼 ( Bunsei 10 period to the first Kaei),Nishikichorou錦朝楼,Yuusai雄斎 (bunka 9 period of), Kotoraisha 琴雷舎(bunka 10 period of), Kitaumedo北梅戸、Tomibozanjin富望山人,Tomoboan 富望庵, tōki-en桃樹園, Oukou応好, Gepparou 月波楼(bunka 8 period), Kioh喜翁 (Bunkyu 2period), Toyokuni豊国 Kunisadasha国貞, Hinashishi Toyokuni雛獅子豊国 , Ukiyo Matahira浮世又平