An antique Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo e series, Seeking Shelter from the Rain, by Utagawa Kunisada also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, Japanese 1786 to 1865. The print depicts a genre scene of a group of people seeking shelter from the rain in an entryway. At lower right, a geisha with an umbrella grins up at the man at left, who stares back at her with a worried frown. He carries a small child on his back who has a hand drum resting over his shoulder. A blind man can be seen at upper right. Raindrops slant across the scene. The actors include Iwai Shijaku I as the geisha, Nakamura Fukusuke I, Seki Sanjuro III, and Nakamura Utaemon IV. An attractive design with expressive figures in a nicely detailed setting. Signed with Calligraphy in the print, lower and upper right, and upper and lower left. Framed. Utagawa Kunisada was a Japanese ukiyo e artist. He is considered 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. Antique Asian and Oriental Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.

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