Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Nidaruma no ichiku, a striking okubi-e [bust-portrait] of the kabuki actor Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798 - 1852) as Daruma drawn with broad sweeping brush strokes as though painted on a scroll, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi fude [painted], published by Ibaya Sensaburo, censors' seals Mera and Murata Oban tate-e