Posted by Dave Bull (203.181.19.35) on February 02, 2006 at 13:33:38:
In Reply to: Re: Kabuki episode search ... posted by Dan on February 02, 2006 at 04:35:32:
Hey, great help Dan - thank you very much!
> They could be separate, earlier depictions of two
> individual plays themselves, but this would be a
> great coincidence to find them together this way--
> and again, the line qualities suggest a later date.
The two pieces of wood are physically _very_ similar, and I would guess that they come from the same workshop at around the same date. The reverse side of the bell scene is cut for a colour block, so it would seem that they were full-colour prints. I'll keep my eye open to see if I can spot a full image of these one day ...
Dave Bull