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Archive: Shûshô

Description:
Nakamura Shikan III as Ume no Yoshibei and Kataoka Gadô II as detchi [apprentice] Chôkichi in Suda no haru geiko katagi, unidentified theater; Series or print title: Chûkô kagami (Mirror of loyalty and filial piety)
Signature:
Shûshô
Seals:
Seal
Publisher:
Publisher
Date:
Circa 1847
Format:
(H x W)
Chûban
18.5 x 26.0 cm
Impression:
Very good
Condition:
Excellent color; good condition (unbacked; tiny pinholes at four corners; stray pigment stain lower margin; minor marks and creases)
Price (USD/¥):
SOLD
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Comments:
Design

This is possibly a mitate-e or analogue print; ; a very rare design and a most unusual format, being a horizontal chûban with bust portraits of actors (chûban yoko okubi-e). The artist, a pupil of Sadamasu, was possibly using a pseudonym in the early days following the Tenpô Reforms ban on actor prints.