Japanese Art Open Database

This oban woodblock print appears to be cataloged under a database reference title rather than the artwork's original Japanese title. Toyonari produced a substantial body of work during his career from approximately 1915 to the late 1930s, and some prints survive without complete provenance or original title information. The woodblock medium and oban format are consistent with his standard production. Given Toyonari's primary focus on kabuki actor portraits, this print likely depicts either a theatrical figure or one of the bijin-ga (beautiful person) subjects he occasionally pursued. The print represents part of the broader archival challenge of cataloging shin-hanga works, many of which passed through multiple dealers and collections before receiving systematic documentation.