- Illustration of Wearing Armor - Kabuki actor Mimasaka - from Famous Places

Mimasaka - from Famous Places of Sixty-odd Provinces"  is by Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858)

including silver

Signed: Artist's red seal on the lower right

distinguished by its decorative wooden latticework

- Illustration of Wearing Armor - Kabuki actor Mimasaka - from Famous PlacesThis print was produced as sashi e (book illustration) for the book Kacchu Chakuyo no Zu (Illustration of Wearing Armor) by the author Akiyoshi Matsuoka in Taisho 5 nen (1916). The printer was Yasutaro Yamazaki, and the carver was Manjiro Monju. The incredible details and superb colors are noteworthy. This print is composed of two adjoined prints, nicely combined. The title is at the center top, and it shows each armor's front and back. This is a very