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| Artist: | Gosotei Hirosada (active ca. 1847-1863) | ||
| Subject: | Scene from the play Ise ondo koi no netaba (A song of Ise: Love and a dull blade) staged at the Naka no shibai. From the right: the actor Kataoka Gado II as Oba Omine and Jitsukawa Ensaburo I as Fukuoka Mitsugi. | ||
| Signature: | Hirosada. Artist's seal Rankei. | ||
| Date: | III/1852 | ||
| Size: | Chuban diptych, 25x36,5 cm. | ||
| Remarks: | A play inspired by (and first staged in 1796 within only two months of) an actual mass murder at the Aburaya Teahouse. Mitsugi is a minor Shinto priest serving the lord of Awa at the Ise Grand Shrine who becomes involved in recovering an heirloom sword belonging to the Awa family. (Many thanks to John Fiorillo for the description of this print) | ||
| Conditions: | Fine impression, colour and condition. | ||
| Item no. | C 61 | ||
| Price: | €uro 200 | ||
