SHARAKU: oban tate-e (37.2 x 24.3 cm.); full-length portraits of the actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Nagoya Sanza and Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Katsuragi, in the play Keisei Sanbon Karakasa, performed at the Miyako theater in 7/1794, signed Toshusai Sharaku ga and published by Tsutaya Juzaburo--very good impression, good color, mica ground largely intact but creased and worn in some areas, trimmed on the vertical edges and along the base, otherwise good condition

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SHARAKU: oban tate-e (37.2 x 24.3 cm.); full-length portraits of the actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Nagoya Sanza and Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Katsuragi, in the play Keisei Sanbon Karakasa, performed at the Miyako theater in 7/1794, signed Toshusai Sharaku ga and published by Tsutaya Juzaburo--very good impression, good color, mica ground largely intact but creased and worn in some areas, trimmed on the vertical edges and along the base, otherwise good condition

Literature

Suzuki Juzo."Sharaku" Masterworks of Ukiyo-e Vol. 2 (Tokyo and Palo Alto, Ca.: Kodansha, 1968) pl. 40, p.68; Yamaguchi Keizaburo. "Sharaku", Ukiyo-e Taikei Vol. 7 (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1973), pl. 30; Keyes, Roger. Sharaku, portraits d'acteurs 1794-1795 (Paris: Huguette Beres, 1980), no. 29; Yamaguchi Keizaburo. Sharaku no zembo (Tokyo: Tokyo Shoseki, 1994), pl. 43, p. 69

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From the Collection of the late Werner Schindler

Lot Essay

Keyes notes twelve surviving impressions of this print. Eight of these are held in the following museums and institutions: Art Institute of Chicago; Tikotin Museum, Haifa; British Museum, London; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; Metropolitan Museum, New York; Guimet Museum, Paris; Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburg; National Museum, Tokyo. 1

1. Keyes (1980) no. 29