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Title: Early Osaka Portrait
Artist: Shunkyo
Size: 15" x 10"
Description: Pupil of Shunkôsai Hokushû; other biographical details unknown. Should not be confused with another artist signing "Shunkyô," active at the same time in Osaka, who used a different second character in his name.
Seated on the edge of a stage, against a yellow ground the actor Arashi Kichisaburo II in character as Oda Harutaka, in the play Hiragadake Yukimi no Jindate, performed at the Kado Theatre. A very rare artist and print.
Published by Shiocho circa 1814
Fine impression. Full size. An album fold along the left edge. A few stains bottom right corner. Minor wormage. Minor stains, marks and flaws. Fairly good state.
Our Price: $1,300.00
