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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS
(LOTS 24-83)
29 TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACT. 1794-95) 30 TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACT. 1794-95)
The actor Matsumoto Koshiro PROVENANCE: The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as PROVENANCE:
IV as Gorobei, the Fishmonger Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, the Wet Nurse Shigenoi Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield,
Massachusetts Massachusetts
from San'ya Woodblock print with silver mica ground,
EXHIBITED: signed Toshusai Sharaku ga, published by EXHIBITED:
Woodblock print with silver mica ground, “Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, “Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield,
signed Toshusai Sharaku ga, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), 5th month 1794
MA”, exh. cat. p. 54, no. 93, exhibited at the following Vertical oban: 15 x 9√ in. (38.1 x 25.1 cm.) MA”, exh. cat. p. 55, no. 91, exhibited at the following
Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), 5th month 1794
venues: venues:
Vertical oban: 14¬ x 9º in. (37.1 x 23.5 cm.)
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994 $20,000-30,000 Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo
$15,000-20,000
Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994 Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4 Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4
October, 1994 October, 1994
