Gigadô Ashiyuki (worked about 1814-1835)
Scene at a coastal teahouse. At the right side the actor Nakamura Matsue III playing a female part, at the left side the famous actor Arashi Rikan II in the role of Kizu Kansuke.
Play: Sao no uta Kizugawa hakkei
Theatre: Kado
Signature: Gigadô Ashiyuki ga
Publisher: Honsei, Osaka
Date: 7/1829
Size: Oban diptych, ca. 39,5 x 54 cm
Very good impression, very nice fresh colours. Not mounted, not put together. Partly somewhat creased, margins of the right print partly a little bit worn, a few tiny worm holes, otherwise very good condition.
Compare: MFA Boston, Bigelow Coll., No 11.26647-8.
€ 675,-