Shotaro Hanayagi as Omiya in Konjiki Yasha, 1931 - Beautiful kabuki portrait of Shotaro Hanayagi as Omiya in the play "Konjiki Yasha." In the drama, she forsakes her childhood sweetheart to marry a rich man, but ends up unhappy and filled with remorse, longing for her lost love. She stands beneath a willow tree, looking ahead quietly, her eyes shadowed in pink, hinting at her suffering. She wears a blue outer kimono patterned with writing over a lavender robe with a snowflake print and a pale green under robe, also patterned with snowflakes. A woven straw hand and a folding fan are tucked under her arm. A purple cloth is pinned to her head, and a hairpin with dangling ornaments adorns her bun. A moving, expressive image, from a series of fifteen prints supplementing Shunsen's slightly earlier series of "Thirty-six Portraits of Actors in Various Roles."

Publisher - Watanabe Shozaburo

Artist - Shunsen (1886 - 1960)

Image Size - 10" x 14 1/2" + margins as shown

Condition - This print with excellent color and detail. Some faint staining at edges. Some light wear and soiling in margins. A few light spots. Please see photos for details. Very nice overall.