$300–$2,500. Common subjects: $300–$800. Key value factors: Yoshikawa's costume and maiko prints are valued for their scholarly accuracy and artistic refinement.
This [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print portrays the kabuki actor Kataoka Gado, a leading performer in the Kamigata theatrical tradition based in Osaka and Kyoto. Yoshikawa captures Gado with the focused intensity that actor portraiture requires, rendering the performer's features and expression with enough specificity to identify both the individual and the emotional register of the moment depicted. Kabuki actors in the Kamigata tradition were celebrated for their subtlety and psychological depth, qualities that present a particular challenge for the printmaker who must distill a fluid performance into a single frozen image. Yoshikawa's proximity to the Kyoto theatrical world gave him the access and familiarity needed to produce portraits that go beyond surface likeness to suggest the actor's interpretive intelligence.
early summer 1922
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
歌舞伎
Woodblock print
1955
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kataoka Gado was created by Kanpo Yoshikawa (吉川観方).
Kataoka Gado depicts kabuki and portraits.