Freitag, 6. August 2010


Utagawa Yoshiiku
(1833 - 1904)
and Gengyo (1817 - 1880)

Imayo Nazorae Genji
Modern comparison of the Tale of Genji

Chapter 11: Hana-chiru-sato / Nagoya Sanza Motoharu
Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga, Gengyo ga
Publisher: Omiya Hisagiro
Date: c.1863-1864
oban tate-e

Donnerstag, 5. August 2010


Sadanobu I
(1809 - 1879)

after Hiroshige

Omi hakkei / The Eight Views of Lake Biwa

Sadanobu copied the landscape from the second volume of Hiroshige's "Album of Cursive Drawings of Ryusai", c. 1850
(see print below)

Signature: Sadanobu ga
Format: album pages, approx. 15,5 x 20 cm
Lit.: Matthi Forrer "Hiroshige - Prints and Drawings", Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2007, plate 88

Hiroshige's image © Collection Pulverer and Prestel publisher
Bildunterschrift hinzufügen
ANDO HIROSHIGE
(1797 - 1858)

Arashiyama manka / Cherry Trees in Full Bloom at Arashiyama

Series: Kyoto meisho no uchi / Famous Views of Kyoto
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shozo (Eisendo)
Date: c.1834
Censorship seal: kiwame
Format: Oban, 24 x 37,3 cm
Lit.: Matthi Forrer "Hiroshige - Prints and Drawings", Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2007, plate 52
Gian Carlo Calza "Hiroshige: Master of Nature", Skira, 2009, p. 113 fig.148
Stephan von der Schulenburg "Helden der Bühne und Schönheiten der Nacht" Museum für Angewandte Kunst,2009, p.262 fig 214

Dienstag, 3. August 2010


Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Signature: Hirosada
Actors / roles (from right to left): Mimasu Daigoro IV as Fuwa Banzaemon, Arashi Rikan II as the courtesan Katsuragi, Kataoko Gado II as Nagoya Sanza, ?,?
Play: Ukiyozuka hiyoku no inazuma (Scabbards brushing in the Yoshiwara)
Publisher:
Date: c.1848
Foramt: chuban pentaptych (complete set)
Lit.: Arendie Herwig and Henk J. Herwig "Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (...)", 2005, p.74

Sonntag, 1. August 2010


Sadahiro
(active after 1850)

mameban deluxe tetraptych.each approx. 8 x 11 cm