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Sanogawa Ichimatsu III and Ichikawa Tomiemon (L)

Size: 39.5cm by 27.0cm (15.55 in by 10.63 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Toshusai Sharaku

Era: Mid Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 8,000$ 64.00£ 47.50€ 56.50

  

Description: This print is from a reproduction set of 25 excellent Kabuki actor and sumo wrestler portraits by Sharaku, published by O-edo Mokuhansha around 1972. These reproductions are luxuriously finished with a mica (kirazuri) background.

The onnagata actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III and actor Ichikawa Tomiemon are presented here respectively as the Gion courtesan Onayo and the villain Kanisaka Toma, characters in the play Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga. The mimasu crest of the Ichikawa family of actors can be seen on Tomiemon's sleeve, and the Sanogawa crest appears on Ichimatsu's sleeve over the famous chequered Ichimatsu pattern (recently used in the Tokyo Olympics logo). The Art Institute of Chicago holds an early impression of the portrait.

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