Tsuru-ya KOKEI (b. 1946): Two actors in the kabuki play Kirare Otomi. - Limited edition print (no.

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Artist: Tsuru-ya KOKEI (b. 1946)

Title:Two actors in the kabuki play Kirare Otomi. - Limited edition print (no. #57/90).

Series: Kabuki-za okubi-e series 9, no. 2.- Work no. #137

Publisher:Self-carved and self-printed.

Date:September 1992.

Medium:Woodblock print on thin ganpi paper.

Size/Format:oban (15" x 10")

Description:The actors Ichikawa Ennosuke III (b. 1939) as Otomi, and Ichikawa Danshiro IV (b. 1946) as Komori no Yasuzo. LIMITED EDITION print, number: #57 of only 90 impressions. Kokei uses extremely thin ganpi paper for his work. After a limited number of prints have been made, Kokei destroys the printing blocks by carving his name across them. - Most of his prints are bust portraits reminiscent of the type developed by Sharaku in the late 18th century. On the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the Kabuki-za in 1988, the Pacific Asia Musuem, Pasadena, Ca., honored Kokei with a major exhibition of his work.- The photo taken in the 1990s (not part of the lot) shows the 'real' actor, Ennosuke III.

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Tsuru-ya KOKEI (b. 1946): Two actors in the kabuki play Kirare Otomi. - Limited edition print (no.

Name: Tsuru-ya KOKEI (b. 1946): Two actors in the kabuki play Kirare Otomi. - Limited edition print (no.
SKU: 229595496
Price: 600 USD
Availability: InStock