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Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792) | The actor Otani Hiroji III in the role Banba no Chuda | Edo period, 18th century

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Property from a Private Collector

Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Otani Hiroji III in the role Banba no Chuda

Edo period, 18th century 


woodblock print, part of a diptych, signed Shunsho ga, 3rd month 1774


Hosoban: 30.7 x 13.9 cm., 12⅛ x 5½ in. 

This lot has been professionally mounted for exhibition, there is residue tape to the reverse.

In 1774, Otani Hiroji III performed in the play A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order (Oatsuraezome Soga no Hinagata) in the role of Banba no Chuda at the Nakamura Theatre, which also included a joruri titled The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight (Sono chidori yowa no kamisuki). 


This is the right-hand sheet of a diptych - for an example of the complete diptych in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.7110-1, go to: 

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/491297