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I have listed this one before but have put more and better quality pictures up this time. Any information at all would be appreciated.

The print is signed Kunisada. The artist is Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III and Toyokuni IV) (1823 – 20 July 1880). He used the Kunisada name from circa 1850 through Kunisada I/Toyokuni III's death in 1865) The print was printed in the 4th lunar month of a Monkey year (1848, 1860, 1872). Given when he used the Kunisada name, that would make it printed in 1860.

I think it is the 11th print in the series "Modern Illustrations of Buddhist Precepts". Here is another from the series that sold on eBay:

https://picclick.com/Japanese-woodblock-print-by-Kunisada-II-1860-ORIGINAL-282866078301.html

Cheers,
Stan

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