Large-head Kabuki Portraits: Ichikawa Ennosuke as Nikki Danjo (Kabuki okubi-e: Ennosuke - Nikki Danjo)
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
by Paul Binnie
$2,000–$15,000. Common subjects: $2,000–$4,000. Key value factors: As a living artist continuing the shin-hanga tradition, Binnie's prints are investment-quality. Limited editions and larger formats are most valued.
From the Large-Head Kabuki Portraits series, this print depicts Ichikawa Ennosuke III in the role of the villain Nikki Danjo — one of kabuki's most celebrated supernatural villains, who can transform into a rat and whose menace is conveyed through controlled, stylized performance rather than explicit action. The okubi-e format places Ennosuke's distinctive makeup and expression at the center of the composition, Binnie's precise woodblock carving capturing the performance's calculated evil with the same formality the actor brings to the stage.
歌舞伎
Woodblock print
1955
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
Large-head Kabuki Portraits: Ichikawa Ennosuke as Nikki Danjo (Kabuki okubi-e: Ennosuke - Nikki Danjo) was created by Paul Binnie.
Large-head Kabuki Portraits: Ichikawa Ennosuke as Nikki Danjo (Kabuki okubi-e: Ennosuke - Nikki Danjo) depicts kabuki.
