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TOYOKUNI, Utagawa  (1769 - 1825)		Scene from the kabuki play: Koi-bikyaku Yamato-orai
		Signed:                       Toyokuni ga Date:                            c. 1812 Publisher:                  Kawa-Gen Censor seal:              kiwame Kawaguchi Size:                            oban triptych  (39 x 27 cm, ea. sheet) Condition: Excellent, crisp impression and colors (unfaded), full paper size with margins, printed on heavy deluxe paper, two backed wormholes each sheet, else very good condition.- A rare triptych. ref. no.: #52 1072 Price:  € 2,250.00

The actors and their roles are: Bando Mitsugoro as Chubei (right panel), the same actor again in the center sheet after a role change (the text at lower right reads: "here the actor performs a quick transformation"), and Sawamura Tanosuke as Umekawa (left panel). Reference: Herwig, "Heroes of the kabuki stage", Amsterdam, 2004. The play is discussed in detail in chapter 4, 'Umegawa and Chubei', pp. 97-102, the above print is illustrated in the book on p. 100.

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