Lot 721: f - OKUMURA TOSHINOBU, (FL.1725-1744)

ICHIKAWA DANJURO II AS SOGA GORO AND SODESAKI MIWANO I IN AN UNIDENTIFIED ONNAGATA ROLE

hosoban urushi-e, 32.5 by 15.3cm., 12 3/4 by 6 1/16 in.

the former holding a long pipe and seated in his open shop before the standing figure of Sodesaki Miwano I, in an unidentified play, publisher's mark of Shiba Shinmei-mae Yoko-cho, Emiya, signed gako Okumura Toshinobu hitsu

Condition Note: Very good impression with handcolouring, slightly soiled and stained, left edge rather trimmed, a minor pinhole

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