1740 Japanese Woodblock Print Actor Onoe Kikugoro by Okumura Masanobu (LLA) Length: 9 1/8 inches

Length: 9 1/8 inches

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The signature is in pencil as Meltsner signed it between his door and the moving truck (see the history below)

5mm x 5mm)

the main jade is not polished on the verso

1740 Japanese Woodblock Print Actor Onoe Kikugoro by Okumura Masanobu (LLA) Length: 9 1/8 inchesUp for sale from a recent client in Honolulu Hawaii, this original 1740s Japanese hand colored woodblock print hashira e mounted as a kakemono, depicting the actor Onoe Kikugoro holding a bamboo tea whisk (sasara) in preparation for a folk dance sequence, his kimono decorated with an all over pattern of plovers in waves, a haiku poem inscribed at upper right: Esugata o mite kazari take sasara no oto ni kikugoro 'Seeing his picture: Kikugoro in the