“Wakate no eiyū tōsei Gokousyoukun”若手の英雄当世五功勝君

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Original woodblock print vertical diptych – Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)Utagawa Toyokuni III -“Wakate no eiyū tōsei Gokousyoukun”若手の英雄当世五功勝君- Japan – 1856(Ansei 3 period)November

The signature says “Toyokuni e”豊国画”.

Kunisada is a art work around the age of 70.

This ukiyo-e has a correction on the woman’s face.

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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.