KUNISADA (1786-1865). Matsumoto Koshirō V
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)
Subject:
The kabuki actor Matsumoto Koshirō V (1764-1838) as Takechi Mitsuhide in the play Renga no Hana Atsuki mo Mitsuhide.
Series:
Contemporary Pressed-Cloth Battledores (Tōsei oshi-e hagoita). A series of at least ten prints of retrospective portraits of kabuki actors inside hagoita battledores.
Signature:
Ōju Gototei Kunisada ga
Date:
1823 ca.. Censor seal kiwame
Publisher:
Azumaya Daisuke
Size:
Ōban tate-e, 38x25,5 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Another two impressions are illustrated in Eiko Kondo. Il teatro "kabuki" nelle xilografie del periodo Edo. Roma: Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale, 1984, no. 46 and in Sebastian Izzard (Editor). Kunisada's World. New York 1993, p. 91, no. 35.
Conditions:
Fine impression and color, faint centre fold, small repairs, good conditions.
Item no:
C 1033
Price:
Euro 1500
Status:
Available