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Arashi Rikan II in an Osaka Kabuki Scene

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Arashi Rikan II in an Osaka Kabuki Scene

Artist Gigado Ashiyuki (Japanese, Active 1813-1833)
Publisher Honsei
Dateabout 1827
Dimensions14 3/4 x 10 in.
Mediumcolor woodblock print
ClassificationPrints
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
2010.2
Not on View
Label TextWoodblock print designer Gigado Ashiyuki specialized in images of Kabuki actors in their roles. Here he depicts a dramatic scene with actor Arashi Rikan II (1788–1837) bursting out of a netted sedan chair (kago) and brandishing a knife. Prints of Kabuki actors, who were always shown in their stage roles, were avidly collected during the Edo Period (1615–1868) in Japan. Actor prints reached such tremendous popularity that in 1842 the government banned them, along with images of courtesans. Artists were urged to portray more morally uplifting subjects from history or face imprisonment or exile.
Arashi Gorge in Winter, from “Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series”
Kawase Hasui
February 22, 1921 (Taisho ju, ni nijuni)
Dawn at Dotonbori, Osaka, from “Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series”
Kawase Hasui
February 14, 1921 (Taisho ju, ni, jushi)
Kozu, Osaka, from “Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series”
Kawase Hasui
1924 (Taishō jūsannen saku)
Morning , Dotombori, Osaka
Kawase Hasui
April 1933 (Showa Hachi Nen Shi Gatsu Saku)
Evening, Soemon Street, Osaka
Kawase Hasui
April 1933 (Showa Hachi Nen Shi Gatsu Saku)
Osaka Castle
Hiroshi Yoshida
1935
Canal in Osaka
Hiroshi Yoshida
1941
Nezame, Kiso, from “Selection of Scenes of Japan”
Kawase Hasui
1925 (Taisho juyonen saku)

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