Tsuru-ya KOKEI (b. 1946): The actor Danjuro XI as Soga no Goro

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Artist: Tsuru-ya KOKEI (b. 1946)

Title:The actor Danjuro XI as Soga no Goro

Series: Kabuki-za okubi-e series no.5

Publisher:Self-carved and self-printed.

Date:31321

Medium:Woodblock print on thin ganpi paper.

Size/Format:oban (15" x 10.5")

Description:The actor, Ichikawa Danjuro XII as Soga no Goro, in the kabuki play: "Uirouri". LIMITED EDITION print, numbered: #27 of only 54 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.

Condition:MINT.

Reserve: $1,200.00

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Tsuru-ya KOKEI (b. 1946): The actor Danjuro XI as Soga no Goro

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