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NOZAKI SHIN'ITSU (1821-1910) NOH ACTOR IN SHOJO ROLE Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
7 November 2019, 14:00 GMT
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NOZAKI SHIN'ITSU (1821-1910) NOH ACTOR IN SHOJO ROLE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colour on silk in silk mounts, depicting the principal actor in the Noh drama Shojo (The Drunken Spirit), with red wig, fan, mask, and elaborately patterned silk robes, signed Momosai Shin'itsu and sealed, with a wood storage box. Overall: 174cm x 51cm (68½in x 20in); image: 95cm x 31.7cm (37 3/8in x 12½in). (2).
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colour on silk in silk mounts, depicting the principal actor in the Noh drama Shojo (The Drunken Spirit), with red wig, fan, mask, and elaborately patterned silk robes, signed Momosai Shin'itsu and sealed, with a wood storage box. Overall: 174cm x 51cm (68½in x 20in); image: 95cm x 31.7cm (37 3/8in x 12½in). (2).
Footnotes
Also known as Nozaki Hosei, this artist—likely a pupil of Suzuki Kiitsu—is recorded having exhibited his work from 1882 to 1891; see https://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/banduke_name/802181.html. For another example of his work, see Bonhams London, The Ethereal Brush, 10 November 2016, lot 117.
























