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Toshusai Sharaku Morita Kanya VIII in the role of the sedan chair or palanquin (kago) bearer Uguisu no Jirosaku, or Jirosaku the Bush-warbler Price A$65 (unframed)) Status Secondhand Condition Excellent Size 210mm x 309mm Availability For Sale

Jirosaku presumably played opposite Gorohachi, the little Cuckoo. The Musee des Arts Decoratifs in that exhibition of which the third volume of the Vignier-Inada Catalogue is the monumental record, showed two impressions of this subject but reproduced only, though in full color, the one that was in the color scheme of the print now being catalogued.

The print here shown is mainly in blue and purple though there are impressions mainly in green. Variations in line, however, are what really count in the determination of second states, and although the blocks for the print exhibited were very carefully cut there are impressions in which a less careful cutting and perhaps a greater freedom of brush-work seem to be apparent.

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