Kabuki Actors: Nagayoshi role Gensaburo, Oseki role

Kabuki Actors: Nagayoshi role Gensaburo, Oseki role

Toyohara Kunichika
Japanese, 1835 - 1900

woodblock print
25.5 x 38 centimeters

print

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese: 豊原 国周; 30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama led to his production primarily of ukiyo-e actor-prints, which are woodblock prints of kabuki actors and scenes from popular plays of the time.

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