not in the fourth, are visible in reverse through the paper. For a discussion of that state and of the inscriptions see the following number.
The portrait of Miyako Dennai is one of the scarcer full-size prints by Sharaku and only the two impressions shown here to illustrate different states were found in America.
The print has been reproduced once before, and at that time it was number 186 in the Ficke Catalogue of 1925.
Ōban. White mica ground. Signed: Tōshūsai Sharaku.
Ledoux Collection.
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