Lot Essay
For another impression from the same series see Lawrence Smith, Modern Japanese Prints 1912-1989 (London: British Museum Press, 1994), pl. 140; see also Tsuruya Kokei: Yakusha-e moku hanga/The 100th Anniversary of the Kabuki-za Theatre, Tsuruya Kokei: KABUKI ACTOR PRINTS (Tokyo: Shochiku Co., Ltd., 1988).