Lot 54: TORII KIYOMITSU, (1735-85)

the actor Onoe Matsusuke performing a Sanbasô dance in front of a tsuitate in the play Furitsumuhana Nidai Genji performed in the 11th month of the Meiwa era [1765] at the Ichimura-za; an inscription above:

Senzai Honmei bijo Gozen
'One thousand years true is the name of the beautiful woman Gozen'

publisher's mark of Enami, signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga

Apparently an unrecorded print

Condition Note: Fine impression, slightly faded but otherwise in fine condition

hosoban benizuri-e: 31.1 by 14cm., 12 1/4 by 5 1/2 in

Original handwritten notes on mount, acheté à Yamanaka, Londres, 4-5-09