KOMUSO
(虚無僧)




1934

                   
Komuso (虚無僧)

Performance Place: Kabuki-za
Print Date: 1934
Artist: Noël Nouët
Medium: Lithograph (from Toyko Fifty Sketches)
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1938

                   
Komuso Priests

Print Date: 1938
Artist: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
Medium: Drypoint etching
Personal Collection (#2/10)
 
 
 



1940

                   
Komusô (虚無僧)

Print Date: 1940
Artist: Wada Sanzô (和田三造)
Series: [Compendium of Occupations in the Shôwa Era]
Shôwa Shokugyô E-Zukushi (昭和職業繪盡) (Series 1, #20)
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Note:  This first edition print was published by Nishinomiya Shoin in an edition of 300.  A post-war
edition made from recarved blocks was issued by Kyoto Hangain.  A reduced size chuban version
was also issued by Kyoto Hangain after the war.
 
 
 



UNKNOWN DATE


[Shakuhachi Player] Shakuhachi Sôsha (尺八奏者)
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Takahashi Shozan IV (高橋松山)
Personal Collection