Artist: Fujikawa Tamenobu
Title: Frontispiece
Date: 1918
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Sunday, 13 November 2005 Shanks' Mare Tokaido: Portrait Page Artist: Tamenobu Format: Oban yoko-e: 10" x 14.25" approx Subject: From series Tokaido Hizakurige. The story of a comical journey on foot along the Tokaido highway, made by two roguish men, Yajirobe who was running away from his poor merchant background (seen in the images in a blue over kimono): and Kitahachi, a run-away actor, (seen in a checkered kimono). This first design is a bust portrait of our two heroes within an oval frame. Date: c.1910's Condition: Full size. Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws. Generally very good state. Colour: Fine Impression: Fine with gauffrage
