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Nakamura Utaemon VI playing Hanako in Musume Dojoji

Nakamura Utaemon VI playing Hanako in Musume Dojoji
by Shunsen Natori (1886-1960)

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Artist: Shunsen Natori (1886-1960) 名取春仙
Title: Nakamura Utaemon VI playing Hanako in Musume Dojoji
Series: 30 Portraits of Contemporary Actors
Date of first edition?1951
Publisher (first edition)?Watanabe 渡辺
Publisher (this edition)?Watanabe 渡辺
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Large Oban
Format (this edition): Large Oban
DB artwork code: 38117
Notes (first edition)?
Notes (this edition)?
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Monday, 1 August 2005

Shin Hanga: Thirty Portraits of Contemporary Actors Series

Artist: Natori Shunsen
Format: Large Oban tate-e : 16" x 10.75" approx

Subject: A bust portrait of Nakamura Utaemon VI in the role of the young beauty Hanako in the Kabuki play, Musume Dojoji. One of Shunsen's most delightful and elegant female portraits.

Publisher: Watanabe: 6mm red seal bottom left

Date: 1951

Condition: Full size. Some light toning on reverse side. Minor marks and flaws. Generally very good state of preservation.

Colour: Fine

Impression: Very fine with extensive gauffrage.

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