Original woodblock print diptych - Utagawa Kuniaki (act ca 1844-1868) - Performance of the kabuki play "Sukeroku Yukari no Edo zakura" 助六所縁江戸桜 (Sukeroku: Flower of Edo) - Japan - 1862 (Bunkyu 2), 2nd month
Play title: Sukeroku Yukari no Edozakura 助六所縁江戸桜 Sukeroku: Flower of Edo
Characters: Iwai Kumesaburo 岩井粂三郎 playing the role of the courtesan Miuraya Agemaki 三浦屋揚巻 (left), Kawarazaki Gonjuro 河原崎権十郎 playing the role of the dandy Hanakawado no Sukeroku 花川戸の助六 (right)
Sukeroku, a renowned dandy in Edo, is an enfant terrible who is popular in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters but prone to picking fights. His lover, the glittering courtesan Agemaki, is equally feisty and no pushover for her admirers. The show is a virtual parade of charismatic characters on the glamorous stage of Yoshiwara.
Date: 1862, 2nd month
Artist: Utagawa Kuniaki 歌川国明 (signed Kuniaki ga 国明画) in toshidama cartouche 年玉枠
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi 丸屋甚八, owner of Enjudo 円寿堂
Censor's seal: Dog 2 aratame 戌二改
Medium: Polychrome vertical oban woodblock prints diptych (central and right panels of a triptych - left panel missing)
Overall size: 34 x 48
Condition: Overall good (proper signs of aging, stains, small restorations, slight vertical fold marks - please look at the pictures)
- Article
- Diptyque original à gravure sur bois
- Technique
- Impression sur bois polychrome Nishiki-e (photo de brocart)
- Matériau
- Papier Washi
- Période
- 1862 (Bunkyu 2), 2ème mois
- Région/Pays d’origine
- Japon
- Artiste/Fabricant
- Utagawa Kuniaki (act ca 1844-1868)
- Attribution
- Original
- Thème/Représentation
- Kabuki
- Titre de l’œuvre d’art
- Performance of the kabuki play "Sukeroku Yukari no Edo zakura" 助六所縁江戸桜 (Sukeroku: Flower of Edo)
- État
- Bon état, voir la description
- Dimensions
- 34×48×0 cm