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Ichikawa Yaozo III (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£ 47.25€ 56.50 [Item has been sold]

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 actor Ichikawa Yaozō III is presented here as the ronin (masterless samurai) or "foot-soldier" Tanabe Bunzō from the play Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga. Bunzō, who is part of the retinue of the Ishii Brothers (who are intent on exacting revenge on their father's murderer), seems to be in deep contemplation, hands in sleeves and eyes slightly glazed over. The MET holds an early impression of the portrait.

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