Imperial Inspection at Yabusame 流鏑馬上覧 - From 'The Outer Palace of Chiyoda' 千代田之御表 - 1897 - Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) - 日本 - Meiji period (1868-1912)
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Actor Kawarazaki Gonnosuke as Jiraya 児雷也 - From 'A Contest of Powerful Magicians' 豪傑奇術競 - 1873 - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - 日本 - Meiji period (1868-1912)
编号 83762335
Actor Kawarazaki Gonnosuke as Jiraya 児雷也 - From 'A Contest of Powerful Magicians' 豪傑奇術競 - 1873 - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - 日本 - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Good condition.
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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.