Sharaku | The Actor Tanimura Torazô as Washizuka Happeiji

Artist: Tōshūsai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽 (active 1794–1795) 
Date: 1794 (Kansei 6), 5th month; 1963 Reprint
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô, Kôshodô; Shueisha (1963)
Title: The Actor Tanimura Torazô as Washizuka Happeiji | 谷村虎蔵の鷲塚八平次 | Tanimura Torazo no Washizuka Yaheita
Medium: Offset lithograph printed on tradtional Japanese handmade washi paper
Size: Envelope 31.5 cm x 46 cm

Play: Koinyôbô Somewake Tazuna | 恋女房染分手綱
Theater: Kawarazaki |  河原崎

Signed
Tôshûsai Sharaku ga
東洲斎写楽画

Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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These works were commissioned from original first impressions housed in collections all around the world, with the process overseen by a team of art historians. Each piece was reproduced on an authentic ukiyo-e washi broadsheet using a polychrome offset lithographic printing process, and comes mounted to an individual envelope noting the artist name, and series print number.

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