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Lot 71 JAPANESE PRINTS FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726-1792)
The actors Matsumoto Koshiro III as Gokuin Sen'emon, Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yasuhira Uemon, Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro
Closed22 September 2020
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Three prints from a set of five depicting actors as the Gonin Otoko (Five Chivalrous Commoners) in the play Otokodate Itsutsu Karigane, performed at the Nakamura Theatre from 20th July 1768. No complete set of all five sheets is known, however four of the set are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession nos. JP459a–d and also the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession nos. 21.4090, 21.4091, 21.4092, 21.4093.