Kabuki print 1
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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 print drawn from Kotondo's theatrical work, depicting an actor in stage dress. The Torii school — of which Kotondo was the fourth-generation head — had been the designated artistic house of kabuki imagery since the late seventeenth century, producing billboards, programs, and commemorative prints for the Edo theater world. These kabuki subjects allowed Kotondo to inhabit a tradition that predated and outlasted the shin-hanga bijin-ga work for which collectors most prize him.
歌舞伎
Woodblock print
1955
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kabuki print 1 was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in Not set.
Kabuki print 1 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not set).
Kabuki print 1 depicts kabuki.
