Title
Bando Tamasaburō V as Oiwa, wife of Tamiya, and Nakamura Tokizō V as her younger sister Osode in "Yotsuya Kaidan"
1983
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Two onnagata
Untitled (Two onnagata (female role) actors) - Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Shōwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Date
- 1983
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Dimensions
- 39.7 x 24.9 cm
- Signature & date
Signed u.l., in Japanese, ink [stamped "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1984
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 83.1984
- Artist information
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Tsuruya Kōkei
Works in the collection
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About
Kokei has revived the 'ukiyo-e' tradition of depicting individual actors in specific performances. He does his own drawing, blockcutting and printing, unlike in traditional practice where the artist did only the drawing. While consistent with the conventions of 'ukiyo-e', the prints have a compelling power and a certain malevolence that generates an unease at odds with the purely visual pleasure of traditional 'ukiyo-e' prints.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.256.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Japanese prints of the 20th century, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Jun 1990–12 Aug 1990
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The Floating World', Sydney, 2003, 256 (colour illus.).
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