Lot 191 Dα

Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947)

Dai ôban. Series: Dai Chikamatsu zenshû - Furoku mokuhan. The heroine Umekawa in the play Meido no hikyaku by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Seal: Tsunetomi. Publisher: Seikadô. Block cutter: Yamagishi Kazue. Printer: Nishimura Kumakichi. Date: 1923.
On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, the series of theatre works were published in 15 volumes from 1922 to 1925. A supplement was simultaneously published with 16 woodcut prints by various artists illustrating scenes from famous plays. Good impression and colours, mica, minor damage to edges, one stain, lower edge browned, one wormhole to lower edge