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Asahina - Kabuki
by Toyokuni Utagawa 1769-1825
| Item | 52378 |
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| Date Sold | Sunday, April 22, 2012 |
| Title | Asahina - Kabuki |
| Artist | Toyokuni Utagawa 1769-1825 |
| Description | Kabuki actor, Kataoka Nizaemon VII, is in the role of strong man, Kobayashi-no-Asahina in the play, "Azuma Kagami Soga no Sewagoto". |
| Signature | Toyokuni ga. |
| Dated | 1817. |
| Publisher | Yamamotoya Heikichi. |
| Censor | Kiwame |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Very good. |
| Colors | Good. |
| Condition | Good ... soiled, a vertical center fold, light wear, several worm holes (pin size - 1/3 inch) on back ground, thin areas along left edge. |
| Format | Oban tate-e |
| Width Item | 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm |
| Height Item | 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm |
| Literature | "Shodai Utagawa Toyokuni Yakusha-e Ten" Exhibition Catalogue, Mie Prefecture, Kuwana City Museum, 2002, - pg. 60, pl.98 |
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