Lot 717: f - NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA, (1697?-1756)

`SEMIMARU', ACT 1 FROM A TOSA JYORURI PLAY

`SEMIMARU', ACT 1 FROM A TOSA JYORURI PLAY

hosoban urushi-e, 30.3 by 14cm., 11 15/16 by 5 1/2 in.

showing the character: a young woman carrying a pole attached with gohei is shown walking past a hanaguruma (flower cart) with a small pine tree, at the upper left is a placard in the form of a libretto with the act and story inscribed; publisher's mark of Kinoshita, signed gako Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu with seal Shigenaga

Condition Note: Good impression with handcolouring, trimmed all around, laid-down with wormage

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