us at last to identify definitely a subject that has long been in dispute. The print is the right-hand sheet of a diptych.
The costume is faded violet over rose and white, with a black obi. The hat, staff, etc. are in bright yellow.
There are two impressions of the subject in America.
A considerably trimmed one is reproduced in the Vignier-Inada Catalogue, number 324, from which it was rephotographed for Rumpf’s number 92 and by Noguchi.
Hosoye. Untinted ground. Signed: Tōshūsai Sharaku.
Museum of Fine Arts (Spaulding Collection).
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