KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa (1797-1861) - Nikki Danjô and the wet nurse, Masaoka; from the kabuki play: "Send

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Artist:KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa (1797-1861)

Title:Nikki Danjo and the wet nurse, Masaoka; from the kabuki play: "Sendai hagi".

Series: From a group of Kuniyoshi drawings collected at the artist's school, serving as study material for the master's students (Ref.Lit.: Matthi Forrer, "Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - from the collection of the National Museum of Ethnology, The Hague"); 1988.

Date:1840s-50s

Medium:Black ink ('sumi') on paper.

Size/Format:c. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Description:Studiy for a woodblock print. - It depicts characters of the very popular kabuki play, "Sendai hagi", which was based on events that had occurred in the year 1660. The play premiered in 1777 in Osaka. At left Nikki Danjo is seen carrying in his mouth the stolen hereditary role while performing magic movements with his hands allowing him to transform into a rat. At the bottom of the drawing the rat is fleeing from the wet nurse, Masaoka, who had observed the theft and who now is trying to kill the animal with a fan. Scenes from the play and bust portraits of the actors in the role of Nikki Danjo were popular depictions in Japanese woodblock prints of the 19th and 20th centuries. - This preparatory drawing ('shita-e') was part of a group of such drawings collected by the Utagawa school in numbered albums which served as study material for the school's students; the drawings now are dispersed in museum and private collections worldwide.

Reserve: $1,200.00

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KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa (1797-1861) - Nikki Danjô and the wet nurse, Masaoka; from the kabuki play: "Send

Name: KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa (1797-1861) - Nikki Danjô and the wet nurse, Masaoka; from the kabuki play: \"Send
SKU: 225183532
Price: 600 USD
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KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa (1797-1861) - Nikki Danjô and the wet nurse, Masaoka; from the kabuki play: "Send

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