Yoshitaki Utagawa, Kabuki Play, Yukigeshiki Haru no Nigiwai

Artist: Yoshitaki Utagawa (1841-1899)
Title: Kabuki Play - Yukigeshiki Haru no Nigiwai
Publisher: Awaya Bunzo
Date: 1874
Size: (FL) 18.1 x 25.0, (L) 17.7 x 24.9, (C) 17.9 x 24.9, (R) 18.0 x 25.3, (FR) 17.8 x 25.1 cm
Original Japanese woodblock print.
Yoshitaki Utagawa
As a printmaker, Yoshitaki worked both in Edo and Osaka. Yoshitaki was the most prolific designer of woodblock prints in Osaka from the 1860s to the 1880s, producing more than 1,200 different prints, almost all of kabuki actors.
Print Format | Pentaptych |
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Artist | Yoshitaki Utagawa |
Subject | Kabuki Theatre, Kamigata-e/Osaka-e |
Dimensions | (FL) 18.1 x 25.0, (L) 17.7 x 24.9, (C) 17.9 x 24.9, (R) 18.0 x 25.3, (FR) 17.8 x 25.1 cm |
Condition Report | Some wrinkles, paper residue on the back, light soiling, slightly trimmed. |