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Matsumoto Koshiro IV (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

  

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 Matsumoto Kōshirō IV is presented here as the sakaya ("fishmonger") Gorobei (of Sanya, near the Yoshiwara pleasure district), who helped Miyagino and her sister Shinobu to track down their father's murderer in the kabuki play Katakiuchi Noriaibanashi. Gorobei strikes a thoughtful pose, pondering how best to help the sisters. The MFA holds an early impression of the portrait.

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