Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)

  • Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of Kumonryu Shishin, from the series One hundred performances by Ichikawa Danjuro (Ichikawa Danjuro engei hyakuban), 1898
    Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)
    Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of Kumonryu Shishin, from the series One hundred performances by Ichikawa Danjuro (Ichikawa Danjuro engei hyakuban), 1898
    Woodblock print
    Signed: 'Kunichika hitsu'
    Publisher: Fukuda Kumajiro
    Dated: Meiji 31 (1898)
    Vertical oban:
    35.8 x 23.5 cm. (14 ⅛ x 9 ¼ in.)
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  • Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Actors Onoe Kikugoro V as Okiku and Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Aoyama Tessan in The Mansion of Plates and the Cursed Makeup Mirror (Sarayashiki kesho no sugatami), 1892
    Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)
    Actors Onoe Kikugoro V as Okiku and Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Aoyama Tessan in The Mansion of Plates and the Cursed Makeup Mirror (Sarayashiki kesho no sugatami), 1892
    Woodblock print, vertical triptych
    Signed: 'Toyohara Kunichika hitsu'
    Publisher: Fukuda Kumajiro
    Block cutter's mark: 'Umezawa to'
    Dated: October 1892 (Meiji 25, 10th month)
    Vertical oban triptych:
    37.2 x 25.7 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 ⅛ in.)
    £ 6,000.00