Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask Andre Dimanche bird I've looked at quite a

I've looked at quite a lot of treen containers and this is quite a nice example

This was of my favorite finds from my road trip this summer

but tails number 3 and 4 remain pasted to it at bottom right and one could certainly make a few more to tails to play again

The form and yellow painted tin simultaneously feels quite modern

Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask Andre Dimanche bird I've looked at quite aThe prior owner of this one did well to tape a description on reverse, identifying it as the work of Okijiro Hironari, an artist among the circle that studied under ukiyo e master Katsushika Hokusa(1760 1849, and dating the woodblock to the very beginning of the 19th century. The portrait is of a Kyogen actor Kyogen a form of traditional Japanese comic theatre (a bit like commedia dell'arte) that developed alongside Noh theater and was performed as an