SHIGEHARU RYŪSAI 鉚齋重春 (KUNISHIGE) (fl. ca. 1821–1849)

Actor Asao Gakujûrô as Fujiemon (left) and Nakamura Utaemon III as Asama Saemon Terutsura Play: Katakiuchi Takane no Taiko (Revenge and the loud noise of the drum) Theatre: Naka, in Osaka, 1831 Signatur: Gyokurzûtei Shigeharu ga Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban Diptych (single sheets: 37,3 x 25,5 cm)

Signature: Gyokuryûtei Shigeharu ga Date: c 1830s Condition: excellent impression and colors, restored wormhole at lower margin, faint creases Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (39 x 27 cm)

Signatur: Kunishige Condition: very good impression and colors, backing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Chuban (232,7 x 17,7 cm)

Ôhô would rush to his mother’s grave during thunder storms to comfort her spirit, because she had feared lightning while alive. Series: Morokoshi nijûshi-kô (The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety) ca.1828 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (25,4 x 37,8 cm)

Ichikawa Hakuen II (Danjûrô VII) as Hosokawa Katsumoto in Date kurabe Okuni kabuki, Naka Theater, Osaka Signature: Gyokuryûtei Shigeharu ga Publisher: Wataki (Wataya Kihei) Date: 8/1829 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (37,3 x 25,5 cm)

Series: Shimanouchi Nerimono (Costumes in the Shimanouchi District) Publisher: Tenki (?) Signature: Ryûsai Shigeharu ga Date: c. 1836 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (36,5 x 25,2 cm)