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Battle in the Snow - Keisei Hyakumangoku
by Hironobu Kinoshita active ca. 1851-72
| Item | 7500 |
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| Date Sold | Sunday, February 8, 2004 |
| Title | Battle in the Snow - Keisei Hyakumangoku |
| Artist | Hironobu Kinoshita active ca. 1851-72 |
| Description | Scene from the kabuki play, "Keisei Hyakumangoku". Kabuki actors, Arashi Kichisaburo III (right) is in the role of hunter Sotaro who catches Jitsukawa Enzaburo (playing Takahashi Sakujuro) in the mid air. |
| Signature | Hironobu. |
| Seal | Artist's seal. |
| Dated | 1864. |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Excellent. |
| Colors | Excellent ... gold colored metallic pigment. |
| Condition | Excellent - very good ... panels pasted together, slightly soiled. |
| Format | 2 Chuban |
| Width Item | 14.8 inches = 37.5 cm |
| Height Item | 9.8 inches = 25.0 cm |
| Literature | "Kamigata Yakusha-e Shusei" Vol.3, Osaka, Ikeda Bunko, 2001, - pg. 88, Pl.416 |
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