Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Memorial portrait of Nakamura Utaemon IV as Taira no Kiyomori, 1852.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (attributed to).

Memorial portrait (Shini-e, death picture) of Nakamura Utaemon IV (a.k.a. Shikan II) as Taira no Kiyomori (1118-81).

Date: 1852.

Reference:

[LIB-1030.2016] Robert Schaap. Heroes & ghosts: Japanese prints by Kuniyoshi, 1797-1861. — Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 1998; p. 165, image 176.

[LIB-3316.2024] Chris Uhlenbeck, Jim Dwinger, Josephine Smit. The Riddles of Ukiyo-e: Women and Men in Japanese Prints. — Brussels: Ludion, 2023; pp. 242-3, № 119.

Provenance: Herbert Egenolf Collection, Germany. Literature: Suzuki (1992) 317.

Trimmed, unsigned.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Period	19 AD, Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Colour, Ink, Paper, Woodblock print
Subject	Actors, Human face (portrait), Japanese woodblock prints, Kabuki, Kabuki actor, Memorial portrait, Woodblock printing
Character / Sitter	Nakamura Utaemon IV (Japanese, 1796 – 1852) [Nakamura Shikan II, Nakamura Tsurusuke I, Nakamura Tōtarō]
Artist	Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川國芳] (Japanese, 1798 – 1861)
Size	Oban
Provenance	Herbert Egenolf Collection
Acquisition year	2016
Catalogue raisonné	Heroes and Ghosts – Schaap, The Riddles – Uhlenbeck

Collection

Japanese prints and drawings