| Stockno.: | 23-010 | Artist: | Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周(1835-1900) | Description: | Syllable no の, Portrait of the actor Onoe Kikugoro尾上菊五郎, in the role of the ghost of Hayano (Kayano) Sampei 茅野三平 , from the series The Night Attack of the Loyal Retainers" (Gishi uchiiri no zu) .
In the cartouche the syllable sa: Onodera Toemon 小野寺藤右衛門played by Nakamura Komahachi 中村駒八.
This chūshingura series of 22 prints depicts two loyal retainers in each print: a half-bust portrait and one retainer in the cartouche.
Published by Yamamura Kanesaburō in May 1872.
| Signed: | Toyohara Kunichika hitsu, with Toshidama seal. | Size: | Oban tate-e. | Condition: | Very good impression and colour. Very good condition, two small brown spots. | Price: | Euro 395 | Reference: | | | | |
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