TSURUYA KOKEI (b. 1946)

ONOE BAIKO AS OGIYA YUGIRI IN KURUWA-BUNSHO NAKAMURA GANJIRO IN NINOKUCHI MURA KATAOKA TAKAO IN SUKEROKU SAWAMURA SOJURO AND ICHIKAWA DANSHIRO IN OGURI HANGAN ONOE SHOROKU II AS TOMIZO IN SHISENRYO FR

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TSURUYA KOKEI (b. 1946)
Onoe Baiko as Ogiya Yugiri in Kuruwa-Bunsho
Nakamura Ganjiro in Ninokuchi mura
Kataoka Takao in Sukeroku
Sawamura Sojuro and Ichikawa Danshiro in Oguri Hangan
Onoe Shoroku II as Tomizo in Shisenryo
From the series Daisanki okubi-e (Bust portraits, third series)
Woodcut with mica on Japanese paper, n.d. [1982-1983], numbered respectively 7/36, 8/36, 9/36, 24/36, 25/36, each sealed Kokei no in
15.5/8 x 9 (39.8 x 24.8cm.) each approx. (5)

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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).