Ichikawa Omezô I as the servant Ippei

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Ichikawa Omezô I as the servant Ippei. Sharaku, Tôshûsai (Japanese, fl. 1794-1795). Colour print from woodblocks, with ‘lacquer’ (urushi) and dark mica ground (kira). Ôban, height 378 m, width 253 mm. Signed: Tôshûsai Sharaku ga. Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô. Censor’s seal: kiwame. 1794. Inscribed by a collector with the identification of the actor (top right). 1794. Japanese. Ukiyo-e. Notes: This print is one of ten ‘large-head’ portraits by Sharaku that depict actors in the play Koinyôbô somewake tazuna (The Loved wife’s multi-coloured leading-rope) performed at the Kawazaki theatre in the fifth month of 1794.

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Accession Number: P.199-1946
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