The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III as the Prostitute Onayo of Gion in the Kabuki Play Hanaayame Bunroku Soga (The Iris Soga of the Bunroku Era)
$500
Toshusai Sharaku (Act. 1794-95)
The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III as the Prostitute Onayo of Gion in the Kabuki Play Hanaayame Bunroku Soga (The Iris Soga of the Bunroku Era)
An okubi-e (large-head portrait) on a dark silver-mica ground of the actor in the play Hanaayame Bunroku Soga, performed at the Miyako Theater in the fifth month of Kansei 6 (1794), signed Toshusai Sharaku ga, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (mark), censor's seal kiwame (certified), actor's name and role later inscribed in ink
oban tate-e: 14 3/8 x 10in. (36.5 x 25.4cm.)