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| Artist: | Yamamura Koka (1885-1942) Toyonari — 山村耕花 |
| Title: | Ichikawa Shocho II as Oman |
| Series: | Flowers of the Theatrical World |
| Date of first edition?: | 1922 |
| 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
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 41524 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Shin hanga: Shocho Ichikawa II as Ohman
Lot AU20
Artist: Toyonari (Yamamura Koka)
Format: Large oban tate-e: 16.25" x 11.25" approx
Subject: From the series, Rien no Hana Kagatobi - Flowers of the Theatrical World.
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Shocho II in the onnagata - male as female, role of the beauty Matsutsuta no Ohman.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: 1921
Condition: Full size. Light unobtrusive horizontal crease towards base. Generally fine state.
Colour: Fine
Impression: Fine with a finely crushed silver mica background (one of only two prints from the twelve in the series which have mica)
Other Notes: Embossed with the number sixty-nine from the only editon of 150 produced prints. Prints from this series are very rare as the blocks were destroyed in Tokyo's 1923 earthquake.
Estimated Value: £1000 - £1400 |
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