Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask Andre Dimanche bird with the hand-drawn/painted designs on

with the hand-drawn/painted designs on the lid hovering between abstraction and figuration

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

plus yellow wheels of two sizes and metal posts of a range of sizes for connecting them together

Such a happy thing to set at the center of the table

and really representing the dawn of amateur photography--that lends these photos a great sense of drama

Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask Andre Dimanche bird with the hand-drawn/painted designs onThe 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