PAUL BINNIE 

 2020

                 
Nakayama Tomisaburo I (中山富三郎) as Umegawa (梅川) and
Matsumoto Kôshirô IV (松本幸四郎) as Magoemon ( 孫右衛門)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai ((恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: ?, Tokyo
Performance Date: 1794
Print Date: 05/2020
Print Title: Kabukichô (歌舞伎町)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com

Note: This print incorporates figures from recarved Sharaku blocks.

                 
Nakayama Tomisaburo I (中山富三郎) as Umegawa (梅川) and
Matsumoto Kôshirô IV (松本幸四郎) as Magoemon ( 孫右衛門)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai ((恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: ?, Tokyo
Performance Date: 1794
Print Date: 2020
Personal Copy

Note: This print was printed from recarved Sharaku blocks acquired
by the artist.  The design was incorporated into the artist's print
Kabukichô (歌舞伎町).  This print was printed as close as possible
in what is believed to have been the original unfaded color scheme of
the Sharaku print.  That color scheme was intentionally altered for the
Kabukichô print to give the figures a more ghostly pallor.