1740 Japanese Woodblock Print Actor Onoe Kikugoro by Okumura Masanobu (LLA) 25 inches diameter x weight

25 inches diameter x weight 2

Length: 9 1/8 inches

12 troy oz

went to Hawaii in 1923

When he returned to the United States

1740 Japanese Woodblock Print Actor Onoe Kikugoro by Okumura Masanobu (LLA) 25 inches diameter x weightUp for sale from a recent client in Honolulu Hawaii, this original 1740s Japanese hand colored woodblock print hashira e mounted as a kakemono, depicting the actor Onoe Kikugoro holding a bamboo tea whisk (sasara) in preparation for a folk dance sequence, his kimono decorated with an all over pattern of plovers in waves, a haiku poem inscribed at upper right: Esugata o mite kazari take sasara no oto ni kikugoro 'Seeing his picture: Kikugoro in the