Kunisada: Ichikawa Yaozo III as Oboshi

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Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Title:  Ichikawa Yaozo III as Oboshi
Series:   The Life of Oboshi the Loyal (Seichu Oboshi ichidai banashi)
Date: 1847-52 
Signature: Oju Toyokuni ga

 Oban 36.195 x 22.5 cm.  Very good impression, color and condition.  Tiny wormhole near right top and bottom

Number ten, The kabuki actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Oboshi Yuranosuke.  He seems to be signaling his men with his lantern, as he raises it high from a tall vantage point.  His furry outer robe has been overprinted with a lead pigment which has oxidized.


SKU: KUS449