Posted by Richard Illing on August 03, 1998 at 01:38:20:
In Reply to: Ippitsusai Buncho posted by STEVE P on August 01, 1998 at 03:20:07:
: I am looking for a print (on line) of the actor Segawa Kikunojo II as O'hatsu in a play performed in 1767.
: Print has black background (plus chrysanthymums and rice bushels), with the character in a gold and red kimono holding an umbrella.
: Any ideas where a copy of this print may be hiding?
It is a breathtaking print is it not! I illustrated the British Museum copy in 'Japanese Prints 1700-1900' , Phaidon, 1976. I know of no other copy however, unfortunately.