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TOYOKUNI. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Colored woodcut. Diptych. 370x485 ca. Sign: "Toyokuni ga". Publisher: Matsumura Yahei. Censored by Kiwame. Excellent impression, lightly trimmed. Bando Mitsugoro and Segawa Kikunojo as Hayano Kanpei and his wife Okaru in the play Kanadehon Chushingura. Yakusha-e, often referred to as "actor prints" in English, are Japanese woodblock prints of kabuk actors, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603-1867). Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, Edo, 1786-1865, was one of the most famous Ukiyo-e woodblock print designers of 19th century Japan. He was the head of one of the most important Japanese woodblock printing schools, the Utagawa School.
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