Kunimasa Baido, Actor Iwai Hanshiro and Onoe Kikugoro
Artist: Kunimasa Baido (1848-1920)
Title: Actor Iwai Hanshiro and Onoe Kikugoro
Publisher: Kodama Yashichi
Date: 1873
Size: (L) 35 x 24.1, (R) 35.1 x 23.8cm
絵師:梅堂国政
題名:尾上菊五郎の岩ふじ霊 岩井半四郎の二代目尾上
年代:明治6年
Original Japanese woodblock print.
Kunisada III Utagawa
Utagawa Kunisada III was an ukiyo-e printmaker of the Utagawa school, specializing in yakusha-e (pictures of kabuki actors). He began studying under Utagawa Kunisada I at the age of 10, and continued under Kunisada II after their master's death. He originally signed his prints ‘Kunimasa’ or ‘Baido Kunimasa’. About 1889, he began signing his prints ‘Kunisada’, ‘Baido Kunisada’ or ‘Kochoro Kunisada’. By 1892, he was using ‘Hosai’, ‘Kochoro Hosai’, ‘Baido Hosai’, and ‘Utagawa Hosai’.
Print Format | Diptych |
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Artist | Kunisada III Utagawa |
Subject | Kabuki Theatre |
Dimensions | (L) 35 x 24.1, (R) 35.1 x 23.8cm |
Condition Report | Holes (some restored), horizontal creases |
Folders | In Store, BC |