OBATA TSUTOMU (小畑勉)
1989
[The lion dance of the Otowaya Guild in the kabuki dance
performance "Kagami Jishi"]
[Among the Annual Customs Kabuki 12 Zodiac Signs]
Kichirei Kabuki Ju-ni Shi no Uchi (吉例歌舞妓十二支の内)
[New Repertorie of 18 Kabuki Plays in Honor of the Year of the
Boar]
Kabuki 18Toshi ni Chinami Shin Kabuki Jûhachiban (亥歳に因み新歌舞妓十八番)
Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
[Otowaya Guild's Lion Spirit] Otowaya no Shishi no Sei (音羽屋の獅子の精)
Dance: Shunkyô Kagami Jishi (春興鏡獅子)
Print Date: 1989
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Note: Although the seller gave the date of the print as 1989, the
inscription referencing the
Year of the Boar would suggest that the year was 1983 or 1995.