近世東京之達引 - 1873 - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
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Kabuki Scene from the play 'Tsukinoen yanagi no eawase' 月宴柳絵合 - 1883 - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Good condition.
Triptych, two are together, one is separated.
See Tokyo Metropolitan Library: http://archive.library.metro.tokyo.jp/da/detail?tilcod=0000000003-00051940
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Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese: 豊原 国周; 30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama led to his production primarily of yakusha-e, which are woodblock prints of kabuki actors and scenes from popular plays of the time.
An alcoholic and womanizer, Kunichika also portrayed women deemed beautiful (bijinga), contemporary social life, and a few landscapes and historical scenes. He worked successfully in the Edo period, and carried those traditions into the Meiji period. To his contemporaries and now to some modern art historians, this has been seen as a significant achievement during a transitional period of great social and political change in Japan's history.
No. 83150765
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Kabuki Scene from the play 'Tsukinoen yanagi no eawase' 月宴柳絵合 - 1883 - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Good condition.
Triptych, two are together, one is separated.
See Tokyo Metropolitan Library: http://archive.library.metro.tokyo.jp/da/detail?tilcod=0000000003-00051940
Author:
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese: 豊原 国周; 30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama led to his production primarily of yakusha-e, which are woodblock prints of kabuki actors and scenes from popular plays of the time.
An alcoholic and womanizer, Kunichika also portrayed women deemed beautiful (bijinga), contemporary social life, and a few landscapes and historical scenes. He worked successfully in the Edo period, and carried those traditions into the Meiji period. To his contemporaries and now to some modern art historians, this has been seen as a significant achievement during a transitional period of great social and political change in Japan's history.
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