TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACT. 1794-95)
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TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACT. 1794-95)

The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Wet Nurse Shigenoi

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TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACT. 1794-95)
The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Wet Nurse Shigenoi
Woodblock print with silver mica ground, signed Toshusai Sharaku ga, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), 5th month 1794
Vertical oban: 15 x 9 7/8 in. (38.1 x 25.1 cm.)
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, Massachusetts
Exhibited
“Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA”, exh. cat. p. 55, no. 91, exhibited at the following venues:
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4 October, 1994

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