TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACTIVE 1794–1795)
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TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACTIVE 1794–1795)

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro II in the Role of Ishii Genzo

Fermé22 June 2017

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TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACTIVE 1794–1795)
The Actor Bando Mitsugoro II in the Role of Ishii Genzo
Woodblock print with silver mica ground, signed Toshusai Sharaku ga, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, 1794 (Kansei 6), 5th month
Vertical oban (36 x 24.3 cm.)

Adolphe Stoclet Collection

Note du spécialiste

An okubi-e (large-head portrait) on a dark silver mica ground of the actor in the play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga (The iris Soga of the Bunroku era), performed at the Miyako Theater in the fifth month of Kansei 6 (1794).

For other impressions in museum collections go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/actor-bando-mitsugor%C3%B4-ii-as-ishii-genz%C3%B4-234870 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
https://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/E0001701 (Tokyo National Museum)