Aritst: Konishi Hirosada ( a.k.a. Gosotei Hirosada ), active 1826 - 1863
Subject: Actor holding bow
Actor role: Arashi Rikaku II as Nagatonosuke
Play: Katakiuchi Chikai no Shigarami at the Chikugo Theatre in Osaka
Signed: Hirosada
Date: 1848
Format: Chuban
Size: 10 3/8'' x 7 3/4''
 
Condition: Fine color, impression, and condition. First edition with specks of abalone shell inlaid on black areas of the bow, tarnished ground.
Illustrated: Philadelphia Museum of Art # 2008-62-243(43), mounted in an album with all four margins trimmed to the black outline with added decorated borders and title slip