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Nakayama Tomisaburō as O-Fude, a cowherd.
The outer kimono is black with a design in yellow and white; the under one is in somewhat faded rose. The obi is faded violet. The tree trunk and the foreground are in yellow.
This print and the four that follow form a pentaptych.
In the dealer’s advertisement printed in the first edition of Kurth’s Sharaku the print now under discussion, which should be placed at the left end of the set, was reproduced with the four other subjects, all in impressions which were inscribed by hand. The inscription on this sheet records the name of the actor and his nickname Gunya (Floppy or Boneless) Tomisaburō. The only other impression that is known to exist has been reproduced as Rumpf number 108, in the large Barboutau Catalogue, by Kurth and by Nakata.
Hosoye. Untinted ground with decoration of maple leaves. Signed: Sharaku.
Museum of Fine Arts (Spaulding Collection).
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Sakata Hangorō III as the yakko, Yahazu no Yatahei.
The actor is dressed in a red-brown kimono with a green lining, and a blue apron with a yellow fringe. His under kimono is in rose. His collar is striped blue and white. His tonsure is pale blue and the face and body are pale rose. The hilt and tassel of his sword are blue. His tabi are black.
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