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Lot 10. SCENE FROM A DRAMA
Image of actual item from the Frederic May sale catalog TORII KIYOMASU (B. 1702 (?), d. 1763) Ichikawa Ebizo (the second Danjuro) as Kajiwara Kagetoki: the second Nakamura Denkuro as Mongaku. Hoso-e. Beni-e. Signed: Torii Kiyomasu hitsu. Publisher: Maru-ya. About 1751(?) Purchaser: Lucy Fletcher Brown Price: $7.50 |
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Lot 11. THE FASCINATION OF BEAUTY
OKUMURA MASANOBU (B. about 1685, d. 1768) A cooper engaged in repairing a cistern on the roof of a house is so overcome by the charm of a woman washing clothes in the yard of the adjoining house that he has lost his balance and is falling down and over a wall to land by…
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Lot 12. SANJO KANTARO AS OSOME; ICHIKAWA KANNOSUKE AS HISAMATSU
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago OKUMURA MASANOBU (B. about 1685, d. 1768) This print is a re-engraving of one by Masanobu representing the first Segawa Kikunojo as Osome and Sodesaki Kikutaro as Hisamatsu (Buckingham Collection). The only differences aside from the coloring, which in both was done by hand, is…
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Lot 13. FUGA ONNA SHUTENDOJI
Image is an example from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston OKUMURA MASANOBU (B. about 1685, d. 1768) A Female Shutendoji. A parody of the legend of the “Great Drunkard Boy” or demon robber who lived in a fortified dwelling in Oeyama and terrorized the surrounding country until Yorimitsu, otherwise known as Raiko, and his…
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Lot 14. OSOME AND HISAMATSU
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago OKUMURA TOSHINOBU (Worked c. 1725-1742) The love affair of Osome and Hisamatsu, the clerk in her father’s oil shop, is a familiar one in Japan and has often been dramatized. Apparently, though not certainly, this print represents a scene from a drama with Arashi Wakano…
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Lot 15. SCENE FROM A DRAMA
OKUMURA TOSHINOBU (Worked c. 1725-1742) The first Ichikawa Danzo as a man seated with arms folded at the foot of a flight of stairs, and turning to look up at a woman impersonated by Fujimura Handayu who stands behind him. The drama has not been identified, but the date is between December, 1715, when Danzo…
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Lot 16. SCENE FROM A DRAMA
OKUMURA TOSHINOBU (Worked c. 1725-1742) The second Ichikawa Danjuro as a man standing under a wistaria arbor and aiming a blow with one of his sandals at Soga no Juro, impersonated by the first Ichikawa Monnosuke, who is seated on the ground before him. Hoso-e. Urushi-e. Signed: Yamato Ga-ko Okumura Toshinobu hitsu. Publisher: Soshu-ya. Purchaser:…
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Lot 17. THE ACTOR ONOGAWA ORIYE IN THE ROLE OF ONNA FUGEN
Image of actual item from the Frederic May sale catalog KONDO KIYOHARU (Worked c. 1715-1735) Shown seated on a white elephant and playing a samisen. Hoso-e. Urushi-e. Signed: Ga-ko (artist) Kondo Kiyoharu hitsu. Kondo Kiyoharu was an early artist whose prints are extremely rare. This one could not be in finer condition. About 1720. Purchaser:…
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Lot 18. THE FIRST ICHIKAWA MONNOSUKE AS A WOMAN FLOWER VENDOR
Image of actual item from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston KONDO KIYOHARU (Worked c. 1715-1735) Monnosuke was a good but not a great actor, He died in 1729. Hoso-e. Urushi-e. Signed: Ga-ko Kondo Kiyoharu hitsu. Publisher: Masu-ya. About 1720. Purchaser: John T. Spaulding Price: $135.00 |
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Lot 19. TWO WOMEN RECLINING ON THE FLOOR OF A ROOM AND READING A BOOK
Image is possibly of this actual item. Howard Mansfield donated the pictured print to the Metropolitan Museum of Art NISHIKAWA SUKENOBU (B. 1674, d. 1754) The room is open toward the garden, showing the engawa (veranda) and the chozu-bashi or cistern holding water for washing hands. Picture No. 7 from a folding album. Yoko-e. Not…
