Lot 767: f - TÔSHÛSAI SHARAKU, (FL.1794-95), 1795

ICHIKAWA DANJURO VI AS SOGA NO GORO TOKUMINE

hosoban, 31.3 by 13.5cm., 11 7/8 by 5 9/16 in.

a full length portrait of the actor shown bent over with his right hand raised, clenched in a fist and the other clasped over the hilt of his sword, in the play Nidonokakekatsu irosoga, performed in the 1st month of Kansei 7 [1795], at the Kiri-za, censor's seal kiwame, publisher's mark of Tsutaya Jûzaburô, signed Toshusai Sharaku ga

Condition Note: Fairly good impression, slightly faded, soiled, trimmed and laid-down, with restored tears and wormage

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LITERATURE

UTSS vol.7, pl.109; Rumpf, no.114; Riccar 1981, no.52

NOTE

This is the centre sheet from a triptych with Ichikawa Yaozo III as Juro Sukenari on the right and Ichikawa Ebizo as Kudo Suketsune on the left. The complete triptych is held in the Art Institute of Chicago