TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (FL. 1794-1795)

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TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (fl. 1794-1795)
The actor Yamashita Kinsaku II in the role of Iwate Gozen, the wife of Abe no Sadato in the play Otokoyama O-edo no Ishizue performed at the Kiri theatre in 11/1794.

The actor crouches beneath a flowering plum tree, the sleeves of his green over-kimono have fallen from his shoulders, signed Sharaku ga, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, kiwame seal
Hosoban: 31.5 x 14.5cm.

Provenance

Walter Amstutz

Literature

Huguette Berès, Sharaku: Portraits D'Acteurs 1794-1795 (Paris, 1980), no. 53.

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Lot Essay

This is possibly the left-hand sheet of a diptych showing Ichikawa Yaozo III in the role of Saeki Kurando.

The only other recorded impression of this very rare print is held by the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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