Description: Four mica-ground woodblock prints (oban) after Sharaku’s famous actor designs, including Bando Hikosaburo III as Sagisaka Sanai printed ca. 1918-23 by WATANABE (the blocks for the print were destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923), with 6mm Watanabe seal; the other three from the portfolio Sharaku, Vol. 1, published by the Adachi Colour Print Studio, Tokyo, 1940, limited to 300 copies, including The Actors Arashi Ryuzo and Otani Hiroji III (plate 32); The Actors Ichikawa Omezo I and Otani Oniji III (plate 33); and The Actors Sawamura Yodogoro II and Bando Zenji (plate 22)
h. 15-1/4 w. 10-1/4 in. (ea. appx.)