SHIGENOBU (1787 ?-1833). Onnagata actor. (Sold)
Artist:
Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787 ? - 1833)
Subject:
An onnagata actor, probably Iwai Hanshiro V, dressed with a light yukata after the bath. The assistant with a cup and scissor.
Signature:
Shigenobu and seal. Poems by Danshūrō Emba at age of seventy-five and three pupils all mention bathing.
Date:
1817
Publisher:
Privately published by the poets.
Size:
Surimono, shikishiban, 21,3x18,9 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Remarks:
Another impression is in the Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, n. 0000.1474 and is illustrated in Roger Keyes. Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints in the Spencer Museum of Art. Tokyo/New York, 1984, no. 166.
Conditions:
Good impression. The actor's kimono delicately printed. In general good conditions.
Item no:
D 430
Status:
Sold