Antique c1875 Japanese Ukiyoe Toyohara Kunichika Woodblock Print Kabuki FL220

Antique Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print Toyohara Kunichika

This is a Japanese woodblock print Ukiyoe by Toyohara Kunichika. This is a print of  Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro as Yataro Yanagisawa. 

Ukiyoe is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, travel scenes and landscapes, flora and fauna, and erotica.

• Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
• Title: 柳沢弥太郎 市川団十郎 Ichikawa Danjuro as Yataro Yanagisawa
• Woodblock print (Hanga),  ink print
• Paper 
• Item weight: 7 grams
• Packed weight: 207 grams
• C1875
• Approx. 35.6 cm long x 23.8 cm wide
• Fair condition considering its age. Lightly adhered to thin backing paper. Color bleeding and some stains. Bottom of print torn. Wear and tear due to age. Please see the photos. 
• This piece was purchased at the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya

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