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TOYOKUNI, Utagawa  (1769 - 1825)		The actor Arashi Ryuzo II
		Signed:                       Toyokuni ga Date:                            1798 Publisher:                  Enomoto Kichibei Size:                            oban tate-e  (36. 3 x 24. 5 cm / c. 14 1/4" x 9 1/2") Condition: Excellent, crisp impression and colors (unfaded), excellent condition (except for two professionally restored wormholes). - Full paper size. The delicate blue and purple color pigments of this late 18th century print are exceptionally well preseved. - VERY RARE - ref. no.: #60 1924 Price:  € 3,500.00 (Sold)

Full-length portrait of the actor, ARASHI RYUZO II (1761-1798), on stage.Wearing a purple robe, he stands before a folding-screen on a gray floor; the screen is decoarted with irises. - The actor is shown is a very dramatic pose, with the fingers of his right hand fully spread, his left hand holding one of his swords. A fine work of the artist's best period. - Right panel of a diptych, - a very rare work (the left panel seems impossible to locate). Reference: Friedrich Succo, Toyokuni und seine Zeit ('Toyokuni and his time'), 2 vols; Munich, 1913 and 1914; vol. II, p. 104, no. 587.

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