Yamamura, Toyonari
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
A close-up bust portrait of a kabuki actor with a shaved pate and black topknot, his face turned three-quarter view with an arched brow and pursed mouth. He wears a patterned kimono in blocks of vermillion, grey, cream, and indigo with a striped and checkered pattern, and holds a black object bearing a white character against his chest. The background is a flat pale blue-grey, with the artist's signature and seal in the upper right; this woodblock print is credited to Yamamura Toyonari.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yamamura, Toyonari was created by Yamamura Toyonari (山村豊成).
Yamamura, Toyonari was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Yamamura, Toyonari depicts figures and bijin-ga.