Name: SHUNKOSAI HOKUSHU (ACTIVE CIRCA 1810-1832)
Brand: The actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) in the role of Kumagai Jiro Naozane
Price: 1000.00 GBP
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SHUNKOSAI HOKUSHU (ACTIVE CIRCA 1810-1832)
The actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) in the role of Kumagai Jiro Naozane
From the series Hits of a Lifetime (Issei ichidai atari kyogen)
Woodblock print, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing to the fan
Signed Shunkosai Hokushu ga
Published by Honya Seishichi, 1825
Vertical oban: 37.6 x 26.6 cm. (14⁷⁄₈ x 10¹⁄₂ in.)

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This print depicts the actor Nakamura Utaemon III performing in the play Ichinotani Futaba Gunki, at the Kado Theatre, Osaka, in the 3rd month 1825. This design is from a set of five prints, each with Shikan depicted within a fan, issued for the “farewell performance” of the actor (who in fact continued acting under another name).

For the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.35371, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/456180/actor-nakamura-utaemon-iii-shikan-as-kumagai-jiro-naozane