Lot 56: TORII KIYOMITSU, (1735-85)

the first in an unidentified play, no publisher's mark, the second of a scene from the play Shuen Soga Omugaeshi, above his head is an ode to the plum, performed in the 1st month of 1768 at the Ichimura-za; publisher's mark of Daikokuya, the third in the play Amatsukaze Nenriki Soga performed in the 1st month of Meiwa 2 [1765] at the Nakamura-za; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi, with an early unidentified Japanese collector's seal on recto, each signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga

Condition Note:

Fairly good impressions, each faded and/or toned to varying degrees, the second with a visible area of restoration revealing an attempt to remove stains

THREE YAKUSHA-E: YOSHIZAWA SAKINOSUKE III AS HANAURI HAYASAKINO OSUKE; ICHIYAMA SHICHIZO AS PRINCESS TERUTE AND ICHIKAWA KOMAZO II AS SOGA NO JURO SUKENARI

hosoban benizuri-e, each sheet approx., 29.9 by 13.5cm., 11 3/4 by 5 1/4 in.

Another impression of the second print (Ichiyama Shichizo as Princess Terute) is illustrated in AIC, vol.1, p.267, no.58

the third, Hayashi Tadamasa (1854-1906)

QUANTITY: 3

Original handwritten notes on mount, the first, vente Druet, Paris, 3-3-09, the third, acheté à Mme Langweil, 20-2-09