Untitled kabuki print

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[Untitled kabuki print]

Ichiyūsai [Utagawa], Kuniyoshi [illustrated by].

[Edo (Tōkyō)]: Jōkin [Jōshūya Kinzō], [ca. 1847-1853]. 

A vivid colour woodblock-printed ōban yoko-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicting characters from the kabuki play Shibaraku (or a work derived from it). The composition is dominated by the dramatic kumadori makeup and the prominent mimasu-mon crests associated with the Ichikawa acting lineage. The work portrays Ichikawa Ebizō V as Arajirō Yoshizumi (left), Iwai Kumesaburō III (Iwai Hanshiro VIII) as Yahazu no Okaji, and Sawamura Sōjūrō V as Sadakiyo Shinnō (right).

Single ōban yoko-e, colour woodblock-printed on one side. Central crease, small tear to head. Marks, wear, and light scrapes, mainly to extremities. Trimmed. 25 x 36 cm.

Untitled kabuki print
Price: $280.00 (USD)