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GIGADŌ ASHIYUKI

戲画堂芦幸

 Active ca. 1814-33

Actor: Arashi Kitsusaburō II*

(Active under this name 1822-28)

嵐橘三郎

Role: Takashima Kuhachi

高島九八

Play: Keisei Suō no Dairi

けいせい素抱(?)

Size: 13 1/2" x 9 1/2"

Date: 1828, 1st Month

Bunsei 11

文政11

Publisher: Honsei

Only the top part of their seal is seen

at the bottom of the print.

Signature: Gigadō Ashiyuki

 Illustrated:

1. Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei

(Collection of Kamigata Actor Prints),

compiled by Matsudaira and Susumo,

Ikeda Bunko, 1997, vol. 1, #273

There are copies of this diptych

at the Boston Museum of Fine Art

and at the Hankyu Culture Foundation.

Condition:

Trimmed on all sides & slight soiling overall.

Good color.

ORIGINALLY $240.00

NOW $190.00

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*Arashi Kitsusaburō II is best know under the name Arashi Rikan II (1788-1837).

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ARASHI RIKAN II

This is the left hand panel of a diptych.

Below is the complete composition which can be found at

the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on-line collection.