Print Description
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and polychrome color on hand laid (washi) paper.
Sheet size: 25.4 x 36.2 cm (10 x 14.25 inch). Image size: 23 x 33 cm. (9.06 x 12.99 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. A few wormsize holes. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
UTAGAWA KUNISADA, TOYOKUNI III, GENGYO MIYAGI, ICHIKAWA KODANJI IV, KATAOKA GAT? II, END? MUSHA MORIT?, WATANABE WATARU, MITATE SANJ?ROKKU SEN, KABUKI ACTORS, YAKUSHA-E, EDO PERIOD, 1856, ISEYA KANEKICHI | PCO-EXPO-ASIAN
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Series: Mitate Sanj?rokku sen (Matches for Thirty-Six Selected Poems), no. 2. Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi, Edo, 1856.
Reference: Japanese Art Open Database; series reference: Mitate Sanj?rokku sen.
Biography engraver: Utagawa Kunisada I (1786-1864), also known as Toyokuni III, was one of the most prolific and commercially successful designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in Edo. A pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni I, he became the leading master of the Utagawa school and specialized in kabuki actor prints (yakusha-e), bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women), and illustrated books. His vibrant color prints and refined line work made him one of the dominant figures of 19th-century Japanese printmaking.
Biography artist: Miyagi Gengy? (????, 1817-1880), also known as Bais?tei Gengy?, was an ukiyo-e artist and painter active circa 1845-1868. He frequently collaborated with leading designers such as Kunisada, contributing refined still-life, floral, and decorative upper-register compositions to multi-part prints and poetic series.
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