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KABUKI ACTOR WOODBLOCK PRINT 役者絵 (YAKUSHA-E) BY TOSHIHIDE MIGATA 右田年英, JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD Toshihide Migata 右田年英 (1862-1925), Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor 役者絵 (yakusha-e): Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (also known as Sanshô) is in the role of Yaegaki-hime 八重垣姫 (Princess Yaegaki). The princess is wearing a vibrant pink kimono with a white chrysanthemum flower design. Her hair in an elegant coiffure heightened by an elaborate hairpiece of blue cherry blossom flowers. The print is from the series 'Sanshō awase sugata' 三升合姿 (A Comparison of Sanshô's Performances and Poems). There are at up to 27 other prints in this series. Dated: Meiji 26 明治廿六年 (Anno 1893). Signed: Toshihide 年英 Sealed: 'Toshihide' 年英 In a very good original condition. Dimensions: Height 36.6 cm, Width 24.9 cm. Toshihide received his artistic name from his master, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892). He designed a wide variety of prints including actor prints, bijin-ga (prints of beautiful women), newspaper illustrations, kuchi-e (illustrations for novels) and senso-e of the Sino-Japanese (1894-1895) and Russo-Japanese (1904-1905) Wars. From 1887, like many of the woodblock artists who were trying to adapt to changes in art and publishing, he worked as an illustrator for books and newspapers, including a long stint with the Asahi Shinbun starting in 1897.
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KABUKI ACTOR WOODBLOCK PRINT 役者絵 (YAKUSHA-E) BY TOSHIHIDE MIGATA 右田年英, JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD Toshihide Migata 右田年英 (1862-1925), Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor 役者絵 (yakusha-e): Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (also known as Sanshô) is in the role of Yaegaki-hime 八重垣姫 (Princess Yaegaki). The princess is wearing a vibrant pink kimono with a white chrysanthemum flower design. Her hair in an elegant coiffure heightened by an elaborate hairpiece of blue cherry blossom flowers. The print is from the series 'Sanshō awase sugata' 三升合姿 (A Comparison of Sanshô's Performances and Poems). There are at up to 27 other prints in this series. Dated: Meiji 26 明治廿六年 (Anno 1893). Signed: Toshihide 年英 Sealed: 'Toshihide' 年英 In a very good original condition. Dimensions: Height 36.6 cm, Width 24.9 cm. Toshihide received his artistic name from his master, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892). He designed a wide variety of prints including actor prints, bijin-ga (prints of beautiful women), newspaper illustrations, kuchi-e (illustrations for novels) and senso-e of the Sino-Japanese (1894-1895) and Russo-Japanese (1904-1905) Wars. From 1887, like many of the woodblock artists who were trying to adapt to changes in art and publishing, he worked as an illustrator for books and newspapers, including a long stint with the Asahi Shinbun starting in 1897.
