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Matsumoto Koshiro IV as San'ya no Sakanaya Gorobei (The fish-monger Gorobei from San'ya)
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Toshusai Sharaku (act. 1794-95)
Matsumoto Koshiro IV as San'ya no Sakanaya Gorobei
(The fish-monger Gorobei from San'ya)
An okubi-e (large-head portrait) on a dark silver-mica ground of the actor in the play Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi (A medley of tales of revenge), performed at the Kiri Theater in the fifth month of Kansei 6 (1794), signed Toshusai Sharaku ga, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, ink inscription in praise of the actor by Omutei with two illegible seals--very good impression, some losses to mica, signature of Omutei partly trimmed off, faded
oban tate-e: 36.3 x 24.1cm.
Matsumoto Koshiro IV as San'ya no Sakanaya Gorobei
(The fish-monger Gorobei from San'ya)
An okubi-e (large-head portrait) on a dark silver-mica ground of the actor in the play Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi (A medley of tales of revenge), performed at the Kiri Theater in the fifth month of Kansei 6 (1794), signed Toshusai Sharaku ga, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, ink inscription in praise of the actor by Omutei with two illegible seals--very good impression, some losses to mica, signature of Omutei partly trimmed off, faded
oban tate-e: 36.3 x 24.1cm.
Provenance
Henri Vever (1854-1942), sold Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, 26 March, 1974, no. 251