Lot 723: f - OKUMURA TOSHINOBU, (FL.1725-1744)

OGINO ISABURO I AS ISHIBE KINKICHI

hosoban urushi-e, 31.7 by 15.3cm., 12 1/2 by 6in.

the actor is shown carrying a song book and touching the brim of his hat in his left hand, in an unidentified play, performed at the Ichimura-za, publisher's mark of Shio-cho Nakajimaya, signed Yamato gako Okumura Toshinobu hitsu

Condition Note:

Good impression with handcolouring, slightly stained and soiled with repaired left margin

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