Samstag, 1. August 2009



Hirosada
(active 1820-60)

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Okubi-e of two not identified actors

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Okubi-e of Nakamura Utaemon IV as the ghost Takechi Samanosuke and
Nakamura Tamashichi I as Sutewakamura in the Kabuki play Keisei Chigo-ga-Fuchi.

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each chuban tate-e, 16,5 x 25 cm


A similar print, showing another play, can be found in "Hirosada - Osaka Printmaker", 1984 by The Unversity Art Museum; p.72, number 56