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| Notes (1st edition) | Description from Miwa Japanese Art: Description Fascinating triptych of woodblock prints made around 1850 by the artist Utagawa Yoshitora (????), produced by the publisher Yamadaya Shojiro (??????), owner of Kinkyodo (???), and entitled “The Legend of Omatsu at Kasamatsu Pass” (???????). The outlaw Omatsu (??), often referred to by the epithet “the evil Omatsu” or “the female demon-robber”, is a character from the Kabuki theater loosely based on an historical figure. She is at the centre of a number of thrilling, but quite contradictory, stories. On this specific occasion we see her depicted, on the left, as she is about to fall victim, together with the band of bandits led by her, of the revenge of the samurai Natsume Sentaro (?????), depicted in the center, in the same mountain pass where the woman had met Sentaro’s father, who had been murdered by her. | |
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| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Title kabuki Artist Yoshitora Utagawa active ca. 1840-1880 Period Edo Censor Fuku and Muramatsu Signature ichimosai Yoshitora ga Date 1849-53 Description kabuki scene Format Oban tate-e Width 10.0 inches = 25.5 cm Height 15.0 inches = 38.2 cm Impression good Colors good Condition good ... one panel from a triptych (?), a vertical center fold, two worm tracks on the upper left and lower middle, two thin spots, somewhat worn, paper residue on the back Rating 3 = good |
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