Online Auction 10605Japanese Prints: A Glimpse into the Floating World
Attributed to Utakuni (1777 - 1827)Utagawa Yoshiume (1819 - 1879)
Lot 29

Attributed to Utakuni (1777 - 1827)Utagawa Yoshiume (1819 - 1879)

Two Actor Portraits

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GBP 1,625

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Attributed to Utakuni (1777 - 1827)
Utagawa Yoshiume (1819 - 1879)
Two Actor Portraits
1. The actor Fujikawa Tomokichi II in the role of Kasugano Shinobu in the play Hade kurabe Ise monogatari, performed at the Naka theatre in Osaka in August 1824, signed Utakuni ga, published by Toshin

2. Komakichi on a black 'Morris' horse, from a series depicting the kabuki actor Nakamura Utaemon IV in various roles, circa 1845-1850
Both vertical oban
The first, 37.1 x 25.5 cm.
The second, 38.1 x 26.4 cm.

Specialist note

For another impression of the second, by Yoshiume, in the collection of The National Museum of Scotland, museum reference A.1887.745.46.2.28, go to:
https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/search-our-collections/collection-item/?item_id=677053&search=description=%27print%20japan%27&startfrom=2177

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