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Yakusha-e: Kabuki Prints, a Continuing Tradition

(from 29th Nov 2011 until 4th Mar 2012)

Discover the brightly coloured woodblock prints of actors from Japanese popular theatre.

Detail of The actor Nakamura Shikan IV as the fisherman Fukashichi, Tōkyō, 1869 (Museum No: EA1971.2
The actor Nakamura Shikan IV as the fisherman Fukashichifront

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The actor Nakamura Shikan IV as the fisherman Fukashichi

  • Description

    This spectacular print shows the famous Osaka actor Nakamura Shikan IV (1831-1899). He was able to play almost any kind of role, whether brave heroes, evil villains or even beautiful heroines.

    Traditionally, woodblock prints showed full-length figures with minimal background details. From the 1790s, artists began to vary their designs to include half-length portraits and dramatically-cropped views of just the head and shoulders. The immediacy of these new-format prints brought fans much closer to their favourite stars.

  • Details

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    Series
    A Girl Sacrificed at Imoseyama
    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Date
    1869
    Artist/maker
    Toyohara Kunichika (1835 - 1900) (designer)
    Associated people
    Nakamura Shikan IV (1831 - 1899) (subject)
    Material and technique
    woodblock
    Dimensions
    mount 55.5 x 40.3 cm (height x width)
    sheet 35.5 x 24 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by George Grigs, Miss Elizabeth Grigs, and Miss Susan Messer, in memory of Derick Grigs, 1971.
    Accession no.
    EA1971.218

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    • currently in research collection

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