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HOKUCHO, Inoue  (fl. 1822-30)		The play: Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage performed at the Kitahorie in Osaka in 04/1827
		Signed:                       Shunshosai Hokucho ga Date:                            1827 Publisher:                  Honsei Size:                            oban triptych  (39 x 27 cm / 15 3/8" x 10 1/2", ea. sheet) Condition: Fine impression and color, very good overall condition (faint fold marks along side margins). Printed on DELUXE paper, FULL paper size, three separate sheets. ref. no.: # 601914 SOLD

Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage is "one of the richest kabuki plays in comic spirit". For a full synopsis of the play, see: Samuel L. Leiter, "Kabuki Encyclopedia"; Greenwood Press, Westport & London, 1979; pp. 380-81. The triptych depicts the following six kabuki actors (from right to left): - NAKAMURA TAMANOSUKE as the apprentice, Santaro - NAKAMURA SANKO I as the daughter, Okumi - ASAO KUNIGORO III as Banto Shohachi - SEKI SANJURO II as Doguya Jinza - NAKAMURA UTAEMON III as Hokaibo, and - OGATA KICHITARO as Yosuke

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