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Re: Japanese Comic Book Style Scroll-Painting-Print -Unique

Posted By: Stan
Posted Date: Jun 08, 2012 (06:41 PM)

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What you have is a copy of a Japanese woodblock print by Okamura Masanobu. The original was printed circa 1740. It is hung head-up. The subject of the print is the actor Sanokawa Ichimatsu as a puppeteer, holding a puppet representing the courtesan Matsuyama. The kimono is decorated with poetry cards.

I found an original in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. See link below or swipe this URL:

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/08502/428CB57E772E442DF345F96E06F5D1EE80926911.html

If this were an original in good shape it would be worth a lot of money.

Cheers,
Stan

Link :Ichimatsu

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