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ACTOR and BIJIN PRINTS: Utagawa YOSHITAKI 1841 - 99
Gallery East94
Stirling Highway
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| Fan Bust portrait of a Kabuki actor in the role of the 10th C calligraphist & chief minister to the Emperors Shujaku & Murakami, Ono No Tofu, who was encouraged in his studies by watching a frog trying to climb a willow stem. As with the frog, he was successful at achieving his gaol on the eigth attempt. |
Published ic 1864 |
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