Early Osaka Portrait - Shunkyo

Pupil of Shunkôsai Hokushû; other biographical details unknown. Should not be confused with another artist signing "Shunkyô," active at the same time in Osaka, who used a different second character in his name.

 Seated on the edge of a stage, against a yellow ground the actor Arashi Kichisaburo II in character as Oda Harutaka, in the play Hiragadake Yukimi no Jindate, performed at the Kado Theatre. A very rare artist and print.

Published by  Shiocho circa 1814