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Katsukawa SHUN'EI
(fl. 1716 - 1751)
The actor, Yamamoto Kyôzô as Miyako no Kokonoe

Signed:                         Nihon gakô Okumura Toshinobu hitsu
Date:                             c. 1720s-40s
Publisher:                    Okumura-ya
Technique:                   urushi-e, hand-colored
Size:                              hosoban (c. 32.5 x 16 cms / c. 11 3/8" x 6 1/4")



Condition:
Fine impression, with hand-applied colors, areas with black lacquer
over-printing and metallic, gold-color pigments; minor signs of a
former mount au verso, else in very good overall condition.

Print from the so-called 'Primitive' period,
before the advent of full-color printing. - Rare.

ref. no.:  # 753382
Price:     € 2,800.00
The actor, Yamamoto Kyôzô, as Miyako no Kokonoe with child in the theatre play, Soga monogatari Osana Niki, performed at the Nakamura-za.

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