HASEGAWA -- "Arrow Head" (Masked Kabuki Actor as Soga Goro)

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Artist Sadanobu HASEGAWA III (1881-1963)
Title "Yanone" ("Arrow Head") (Masked "kabuki" actor as Soga Goro)
Date ca1950's (printing likely c1980's)
Series na
Publisher Uchida Bijutsu Hangashi
Seal, Carver/Printer "Uchida" watermark lower right.
Image Size 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 (large, "dai-oban")
Impression Very Good. Nice "bokashi" shading; extensive "burnishing" to all black areas.
Condition Excellent. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus na
Comments Colorful, bold image from the "kabuki" theater play "The Soga Brothers' Revenge." The younger brother, Goro, holds a huge V-shaped "arrow head" which he hopes to use to avenge the death of his father.
Item # Available NOW as CG-763F;
(CG-763E Reserved/LV;
CG-763D Sold/RH;
CG-763C Sold/HM;
CG-763B Sold/HR;
CG-763 Sold)
Price Special $95
(Reg $125)