Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 28.7cm x 42cm ≈ 11¼" x 16½"
Silk/Brocade: 37.9cm x 104.6cm ≈ 15" x 41¼"
Width at Wooden Knobs: 46.9cm ≈ 18½"
Close up view of the artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll
Sukeroku: Yukari no Edo sakura
Miuraya kōshi saki
This print features the actor Matsumoto Koshiro VII in the role of the white-bearded Ikyu, from the Kabuki play, "Sukeroku: Cherry-Blossom of Edo" which in Japanese is "助六由香里の江戸桜" or "助六由香里の江戸桜". This image is said to be from the scene 三浦屋格子先 or "Miuraya kōshi saki".
Ikyu was a wealthy old Samurai who attempted to intervene between the honorable man, Hanakawado Sukeroku, and a prostitute named Agemaki of the Miuraya house.
Original artist: Natori Shunsen / 名取春仙 (1886-1960).
Originally published by: Watanabe Shosaburo / 渡辺庄三郎.
Originally printed around March of 1929 during the Showa Era.
I created this fine art giclee print using handmade kozo (mulberry) paper (same kind of paper as the original).