KUNISADA II. Σετ από 2 εκτυπώσεις ηθοποιών Kabuki. Αυθεντική ιαπωνική ξυλογραφία. - Ιαπωνία - Edo Period (1600-1868)





25 € | ||
|---|---|---|
20 € | ||
15 € | ||
Προστασία Αγοραστή Catawiki
Η πληρωμή σας είναι ασφαλής μαζί μας μέχρι να παραλάβετε το αντικείμενό σας.Προβολή λεπτομερειών
Trustpilot 4.4 | 141384 κριτικών
Βαθμολογήθηκε με Άριστα στο Trustpilot.
Πρωτότυπη ξυλογραφία Utagawa Kunisada II, σετ δύο φύλλων Ōban σε χρώμα Nishiki-e, περίπου στις αρχές των δεκαετιών του 1860, Ενδυματολογικά, Nakamura Shikan ως Abe no Munetō και Ōtani Tomoemon ως Abe no Sadatō, σε καλή κατάσταση.
Περιγραφή από τον πωλητή
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada II (二代目歌川国貞, 1823–1880)
Subject: Two sheets:
· The actor Nakamura Shikan (中村芝翫) as Abe no Munetō (安部宗任)
· The actor Ōtani Tomoemon (大谷友右衛門) as Abe no Sadatō (安部貞任)
Technique: Woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), colour (nishiki-e)
Date: Japan, c. 1860s (Bunkyū–Keiō era, late Edo period)
Format: Ōban, each approx. 36 × 24cm (14 × 9.6 in)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Condition
Two sheets from the same set, and they were clearly meant to hang together: the same indigo ground graded (bokashi) from near-black at the top into a cooler blue, the same cartouche arrangement, the same signature and publisher mark. The colours and impression are fairly well preserved; the paper shows many issues including thinning, loss to the margins and scuffing. Fair condition overall — please study the photographs closely before bidding!
---------------------------------------------------------------------
THE PRINT
The Abe were the ruling family of the far north, and the Former Nine Years' War (1051–1063) was fought to break them. Abe no Sadatō (1019–1062), eldest son of Abe no Yoritoki, held Mutsu against Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son Yoshiie — the legendary Hachiman Tarō — for twelve years, until the fortress at Kuriyagawa fell and he was carried out dying. The episode every Edo audience knew is the one at Koromogawa: Yoshiie, riding him down, called out the opening line of a linked verse, and Sadatō, in full flight, turned and capped it correctly. Yoshiie lowered his bow and let him go, unwilling to kill a man who could do that.
Abe no Munetō, the younger brother, survived the defeat. He surrendered and was exiled south, first to Iyo and then to Dazaifu in Kyushu. His own famous story is the mirror of his brother's: courtiers in the capital, wanting to expose the "barbarian" from the north, held out a plum branch and asked him what it was. He answered with a poem. Nobody asked twice.
Both anecdotes turn on the same point, and it is why the Abe brothers are never played as simple villains on the kabuki stage — they are the defeated who were never the lesser men. The pair are staples of the Minamoto cycle, most familiar from Ōshū Adachigahara, where both move through the play in disguise before their identities break open. Having the two brothers together, by the same artist, from the same set, is how they were designed to be seen.
Ιστορία πωλητή
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada II (二代目歌川国貞, 1823–1880)
Subject: Two sheets:
· The actor Nakamura Shikan (中村芝翫) as Abe no Munetō (安部宗任)
· The actor Ōtani Tomoemon (大谷友右衛門) as Abe no Sadatō (安部貞任)
Technique: Woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), colour (nishiki-e)
Date: Japan, c. 1860s (Bunkyū–Keiō era, late Edo period)
Format: Ōban, each approx. 36 × 24cm (14 × 9.6 in)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Condition
Two sheets from the same set, and they were clearly meant to hang together: the same indigo ground graded (bokashi) from near-black at the top into a cooler blue, the same cartouche arrangement, the same signature and publisher mark. The colours and impression are fairly well preserved; the paper shows many issues including thinning, loss to the margins and scuffing. Fair condition overall — please study the photographs closely before bidding!
---------------------------------------------------------------------
THE PRINT
The Abe were the ruling family of the far north, and the Former Nine Years' War (1051–1063) was fought to break them. Abe no Sadatō (1019–1062), eldest son of Abe no Yoritoki, held Mutsu against Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son Yoshiie — the legendary Hachiman Tarō — for twelve years, until the fortress at Kuriyagawa fell and he was carried out dying. The episode every Edo audience knew is the one at Koromogawa: Yoshiie, riding him down, called out the opening line of a linked verse, and Sadatō, in full flight, turned and capped it correctly. Yoshiie lowered his bow and let him go, unwilling to kill a man who could do that.
Abe no Munetō, the younger brother, survived the defeat. He surrendered and was exiled south, first to Iyo and then to Dazaifu in Kyushu. His own famous story is the mirror of his brother's: courtiers in the capital, wanting to expose the "barbarian" from the north, held out a plum branch and asked him what it was. He answered with a poem. Nobody asked twice.
Both anecdotes turn on the same point, and it is why the Abe brothers are never played as simple villains on the kabuki stage — they are the defeated who were never the lesser men. The pair are staples of the Minamoto cycle, most familiar from Ōshū Adachigahara, where both move through the play in disguise before their identities break open. Having the two brothers together, by the same artist, from the same set, is how they were designed to be seen.

