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Ichikawa Komazō II as Ōyamada Tarō disguised as a bridegroom carrying saké to be drunk at his wedding. In other episodes of this production we have seen Komazō as Nitta Yoshisada disguised as a gardener and as Shinozuka Gorō Sadatsuna. Here he is the villain of the piece.
The coloring of the costume has changed mainly to tones of gray, but perhaps originally was at least partly in blue with the touches of white that still remain. The bucket carried by the actor is black in its lower portion and pink above.
The print is the fourth sheet of a pentaptych.
The impression we exhibit bears an inscription giving the name of the actor. It was reproduced in the Vignier-Inada Catalogue, number 298, and rephotographed for Rumpf number 126, and by Noguchi.
Hosoye. Ground filled with design. Signed: Sharaku.
Fuller Collection.
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Osagawa Tsuneyo II as the hairdresser O-Roku, possibly a disguise of Kojima, the wife of Bingo Saburō, whom we have seen differently disguised in number 72. Here the rôle is that of a “go-between” arranging a marriage.
The outer kimono now is in a gray and white stripe. The rose of the under kimono has faded to dull pink. The collar still is clear purple with white lozenges.
This print is placed as the right-hand sheet of the five-sheet set we have been listing.
It bears an inscription giving the name of the actor and has been reproduced in the Vignier-Inada Catalogue, number 298, as Rumpf number 127, and by Nakata and Noguchi.
Hosoye. Ground filled with design. Signed: Sharaku.
Fuller Collection.
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