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Toshusai Sharaku Arashi Ryuzo as the money lender Ishibe no Kinkichi. Price A$100 (unframed)) Status Secondhand Condition Paper toned Size 242mm x 370mm Availability For sale

The chief color-tone of the costume is reddish orange, over which is printed a check pattern in red and greenish gray. This is one of the most frequently seen of Sharaku's bust-portraits on dark mica grounds, but impressions vary only in the occasional, if not usual, omission of the blue tinting above the tonsure.

Henderson H.G. and Ledoux L.V., Sharaku's Japanese Theater Prints, an illustrated guide to his complete work., Dover New York, Reprint, 1984