Auction: March 17, 2019

Lot #233: (Attributed to) Toshksai Sharaku (Japanese, fl.1794–1795) Asian Woodblock Prints

Three prints displayed in paper presentation frames; penciled notes on prints identify works as colored woodblock prints of kabuki actors attributed to Sharaku; including a handwritten description concerning the works; image of actor reading a document commonly known as "Shinozuka Uraeimon as the announcer at Miyako-za"; image of actor with a hand fan commonly known as "Sawamura Sojuro III as Ogishi Kurando; image of two men commonly known as "Nakajima Wadaemon (R) and Nakamura Konozo (L) as Chozaemon and Kanagawaya no Gon (respectively)