Kabukie

Kabukie is an original artwork realized in the 1861 by Ichiyôsai Yoshitaki.

Woodcut Print.

The actor Onoe Tomizo as Ishii Genzo and Jitsugawa Ensaburo as Isshi Hyosuke in the 9th act of the play Katakiuchi Ukigi no Kameyama, a play about blood revenge.

Signed: Noriya Yoshitaki ga.

Excellent impression, fresh in colour, with blindstamping (white dots in black robe), wormholes, backed, slightly faded.

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Ichiyôsai Yoshitaki who was active circa 1854-1880s, was a prolific artist who began designing woodblock prints while still a teenager. By the early 1860s, when barely into his twenties, he had already become a much sought-after print designer. His nishiki-e included many hundreds in the chûban format, primarily yakusha-e, but also fûkeiga  and musha-e . He also produced illustrations for nishiki-e shinbun as well as surimono . From the late Edo period and especially during the 1880s, he painted many kakemono-e on the subjects of bijinga  and fûzokuga. Despite all of these varied works, Yoshitaki (and other late-period print designers) are often associated with the decline of the Osaka actor print. Indeed, although his best prints compare favorably with those of earlier artists active during the 1840s and 1850s, much of Yoshitaki's work appears rather conventional and mannered.