The elaborate outer kimono is violet, decorated with green stemmed chrysanthemum in yellow and two tones of rose. It has a deep rose tie-dyed lining. The under kimono is pale rose and there is a deep rose under garment. The obi is in two tones of green.
The dealer’s advertisement referred to under number 40, reproduces an impression of this subject with two names of the actor inscribed on it, and the only other that has been reproduced is rephotographed from the Vignier-Inada Catalogue number 316, as Rumpf number 70 and by Noguchi. There is one other in America.
We place this print as the central sheet of a triptych showing Katsuragi between her two lovers, the hero and the villain of the play.
Hosoye. Yellow ground. Signed: Tōshūsai Sharaku.
The Art Institute of Chicago (Buckingham Collection).
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Ichikawa Yaozō III as Fuwa Banzayemon, the villain of the piece. Here he is shown drawing the fateful sword which we saw in number 42 being worn by its rightful owner, Sanzayemon.
For another portrait of Yaozō in the same role see the following number.
The print now under discussion is one of the most admired designs by Sharaku in the hosoye form.
The outer kimono is black with yellow and white cloud forms and the jagged design of the so-called lightning pattern which is in rose. The lining of the kimono is in the same rose and the under robes are in white. The scabbards of the swords are in pink and yellow.
We place the print as the right-hand sheet of a triptych.
This is the impression inscribed with the actor’s name which was reproduced in the dealer’s advertisement referred to under number 40 and more fully discussed under number 100. It is in very brilliant condition.
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