Kunichika: Actor Holding Playbook (Sold)

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Title: Actor Holding Playbook
Series: Fashionable Modern Clothing (Tosei gata zokui zoroi)
Date: 1886

The actor Suketaka-ya Takasuke as Sakuramaru holding a playbook. The play book reads “Sugahara den tenari kagami. Act: Kurumahiki. The first day of the play in the 7th month of Meiji 19 (1886).” The mirror features mica atop a blue pigment.

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. Backed.
Dimensions: ôban
Publisher: Kanekodoma Matashichi
Literature: See Tokyo Metro Library collection online
Seal: Carver’s seal hori ko san
Signature: Toyoharu Kunichika hitsu

SKU: KCA072