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Bust Portraits I (Design 2)Bando Tamasaburo V as Onaka, wife of Hantaro, in <Irezumi Chohan>

No.
2
Title
Bando Tamasaburo V as Onaka, wife of Hantaro, in <Irezumi Chohan>
Series title
Bust Portraits I (Design 2)
Edition
36 (not specified on prints)
Date
1978/9
Seal
Printed . Sealed (Seal 1) on first printing, (Seal 2) on subsequent printings
Dementions
38.0×25.0cm
Paper
Thick Kisuki paper (made in Fukui Prefecture) & Hodomura paper (made in Tochigi Prefecture)
Woodblock
Magnolia Obovata
Subject
performed at the Kabuki-za, 1978/9
Sales location
Kabuki-za; 1978/9/10 to 1979/2/26 
Description
The design of the costume and the hair vary because two different woodblocks were used. As this design was produced to order during the above period most impressions show variations in color. The edition number of 36 was not exceeded.