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Morita Kanya VIII and Arashi Ryūzō. The background shows the entrance to a house with a large lantern, a fence and tree at the left. On the lantern is the Sasarindō crest that appeared in number 137 and is associated with the Genji. The attitude of Kanya who is holding a portable lantern between his teeth, is said by Rumpf to have been copied from a print by Shunshō.
The drawing is in black and gray inks. The tonsures are blue. There is red around the eyes of the figure at the left.
This sheet has been reproduced in the Barboutau Catalogue, number 218B, as Rumpf Drawing number VI, and by Kurth, Nakata, etc.
Unsigned. Size 8½×12 inches.
The Art Institute of Chicago (Buckingham Collection).
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