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Ready to Fight - Kabuki
by Hirosada Utagawa active ca. 1820-1860
| Item | 18066 |
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| Date Sold | Sunday, December 18, 2005 |
| Title | Ready to Fight - Kabuki |
| Artist | Hirosada Utagawa active ca. 1820-1860 |
| Description | Gokumon no Shobei (right: played by Kataoka Ichizo) is coming down the steps. Kurofune Chuemon (middle: Nakamura Utaemon IV) and Hanjimono Kihei (Jitsukawa Enzaburo) are ready to fight in the play, "Dojima Sukui no Tatehiki". |
| Signature | Hirosada. |
| Dated | 1850. |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Excellent - very good. |
| Colors | Very good. |
| Condition | Very good ... lightly soiled, slight red transfer ink stains, album backing. Right Sheet: a light vertical fold, lower right area lightly creased. |
| Format | 3 Chuban |
| Width Item | 20.5 inches = 52.0 cm |
| Height Item | 10.0 inches = 25.5 cm |
| Literature | "Kamigata Yakusha-e Shusei" vol.4., Osaka; Ikeda Bunko, 2003, - pg.55, pl.265 |
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