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 his personal mon in white. This use of the mon in white would indicate the Manzai rôle, but it appears again in color at the bottom of the kimono. The obi is black.

The subject is one of the most justly famous of Sharaku’s designs in hosoye form, a superb thing in composition, dramatic power and characterization.

There is no other impression in America but two others have been reproduced. For reproductions in color we refer to Vignier-Inada Catalogue, number 323, plate 97, and Noguchi; the more important reproductions in half-tone are those in Rumpf number 83, Kurth, Nakata and the large Barboutau Catalogue.

Hosoye. Untinted ground. Signed: Sharaku.

Ledoux Collection.