Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask right time toy ideally in a very old

ideally in a very old

There is a signature at the base of the rear side which I figured out is that of German-born Nina Koch Winkel (1905-1990)

as if doing a lot of texting

with the rings labeled purity

though well worn

Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask right time toy ideally in a very oldThe 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