© Ikeda Bunko Library Osaka, 1983

Hokushu
(active c.1802-1832)

Signature: Shunkosai Hokushu (with his artist seal)
Actor/Play: (right) Ichikawa Danzo V as Yashichi, (missing left sheet) Nakamura Matsue III as Otaka and Ichikawa Ebijuro I as Mokuemon from Kana-dehon Chushingura performed at the Kado Theatre
Date: 3/1824
Publisher: ?
Format: oban
Lit.: Hokushu to Toyokuni: Kamigata Edo yakusha-e meishô ten by Matsudaira, Susumu, Ikeda Bunko Library Osaka 1983, pl.48

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Hokushu
(active c.1802-1832)

Signature: Hokushu
Actor/Play: Ichikawa Ebijuro I as Yamagataya Gihei, (missing right sheet) Arashi Tomisaburo II as Musume Oume of the Chigiri, from the play Keisei Somewake Tazuna
Date: 1/1822
Publisher: Honsei / Tamaoki
(cartouche right edge) Nimai zuzuki
Format: oban tate-e 15.25" x 10.25"
Lit.: Hokushu to Toyokuni: Kamigata Edo yakusha-e meishô ten by Matsudaira, Susumu, Ikeda Bunko Library Osaka 1983

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