Kabuki Actor
- Date:
- Circa 1954
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- robynbuntin
Kotondo is best known for bijin-ga, but his complete oeuvre includes actor prints and other figure subjects. His small corpus of only 21 designs ensures that all authenticated period impressions carry collector interest and scarcity premiums.
A kabuki actor in female costume — the onnagata tradition — is captured in stage makeup and formal dress, the theatrical persona so complete that the underlying performer seems to dissolve into the role. Kotondo's circa-1954 kabuki prints belong to a late phase of his career when he returned to the theatrical subjects of his Torii school heritage after the long creative silence of his middle years. The prints demonstrate his continued mastery of line and his insider knowledge of the stage.
歌舞伎
Woodblock print
1955
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kabuki Actor was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in Circa 1954.
Kabuki Actor was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Circa 1954).
Kabuki Actor depicts kabuki.
