Lot 719: f - TORII KIYOMITSU, (1735-85)

ICHIKAWA RAIZO I AS ABE NO SEIMEI

ICHIKAWA RAIZO I AS ABE NO SEIMEI

hosoban, 30.7 by 14cm., 12 by 5 1/2 in.

the actor in a samurai role is shown clutching the hilt of his daisho, in the play Azuma no hana souma dairi, performed in the 11th month of 1764, at the Nakamura-za, publisher's gourd seal of Torii-shio-cho, Okumura han, signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga

Condition Note: Very good impression with handcolouring, slightly soiled overall but otherwise in good condition

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