Series; Flowers of Tokyo: Caricatures by Kunichika
Iwai Hanshiro as Zangiri Otomi, 1872 - Attractive kabuki portrait of Iwai Hanshiro as the beauty Zangiri Otomi, the mistress of a gang leader who falls on hard times after falling in love with a dissolute young man named Yosaburo. She looks up with a happy grin as she kneels beside a brazier, one sleeve resting atop a slender pipe. She wears a blue and black checked kimono over a red under robe, a white towel draped around her neck. Her cropped hair is pulled back into a short ponytail, a comb slipping loose at the side and a few wisps framing her face. A lively design with vibrant color and fine bokashi shading in the background, detailed with embossing in the towel and white kimono collar.
Artist - Kunichika (1835 - 1900)
Image Size - 13 5/8" x 9 1/2"
Condition - With excellent color and detail as shown. A few wormholes, mostly near edges, repaired. paper slightly rippled. Please see photos for details.
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