Hokushu Ghost

Hokushu (fl 1810-32)
 Onoe Kikugoro as the Ghost of Iemon’s Wife Oiwa 

 

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Japanese Print Description
HOKUSHU (fl 1810-32)
 Onoe Kikugoro as the Ghost of Iemon’s Wife Oiwa
Signed:  Hokushu ga
Play: Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
Theater: Kado
1826/1
Oban Tate-e 15.125″ x 10.25″
Fine impression, color and condition.

2nd state. Poem is beautifully printed in silver metallic pigment.. According to Keyes, the print is known in at least three states. In the first and second states, the inscription is printed in silver; in the third state, it is coarsly printed and the poems is in black ink.  The first state has a black background.

 

 

 

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