Title
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Dôroku and Ichikawa Kuzô III as Sanpei in 'The mansion of plates and the cursed makeup mirror' (Sarayashiki keshô no sugatami), from an album of 'ukiyo-e' woodblock prints of 'kabuki' actors
1863
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- 1863
- Media categories
- Print , Book
- Materials used
- colour woodblock print; two sheets, probably part of triptych
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 49.0 cm image; 36.0 x 24.0 x 1.5 book
- Signature & date
(right sheet) signed "Kunichika ga", Kagiya Shobei publisher's seal; (left sheet) signed "Kunichika ga", Ota Tashichi block carver's seal, Kagiya Shobei publisher's seal.
- Credit
- James and Robin Patricia Giffen Bequest 2005
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 280.2005.9
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Toyohara Kunichika
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About
The album contains 34 striking images of kabuki actors by six late 19th century woodblock print designers: Utagawa KUNISADA I (1786-1864), Utagawa KUNISADA II (1823-1880), Toyohara KUNICHIKA (1835-1900), Utagawa KUNIAKI II (1835-1888), Utagawa YOSHICHIKA (fl. 1850-60 in Osaka) and Utagawa KUNIHISA (1832-1891).
The album includes 27 multiple-sheet sets and 7 single-sheet prints, mostly dating from the early 1860s and therefore representing the last flowering of the 'ukiyo-e' woodblock print tradition. Published as sheet prints and bound together soon after publication by a Japanese collector, the prints have survived in superb condition. Almost without exception, they are fine impressions. They all show the brilliant colours typical of the period, when imported aniline dyes were being used to dramatic effect.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, August 2005.
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Where the work was made
Japan
