Kobori Tomoto

Kobori Tomoto — a print whose title appears to be a personal name rather than a subject description, possibly a portrait or figure study of a specific historical or literary individual. Hanko produced portraits and figure studies of notable persons alongside his bijin-ga work. Alternatively, "Kobori Tomoto" may be the name associated with a character from literature or historical drama, depicted in Hanko's characteristic refined style that distinguished between the depicted person's historical identity and the aesthetic values of the representation.