Yōshū Chikanobu. Kabuki Actors Nakamura Shikan IV and Bandō Kakitsu I / Fan Print, Meiji Era.

Artist: Yōshū Chikanobu [楊洲周延], a.k.a. Toyohara Chikanobu [豊原周延] (Japanese, 1838–1912)

Signed: 周延筆 (Chikanobu hitsu)

Publisher: 東京掘江町 | えん市製 (Tokyo Horiemachi | Enshi-sei)

Date: No seal

Media: 団扇絵 (uchiwa-e, fan print), 190 × 175 mm

Actors:

Male: Nakamura Shikan IV [中村芝翫] (Japanese, 1831 – 1899); other names: Nakamura Fukusuke I [中村福助], Nakamura Masanosuke I, Nakamura Komasaburō, Nakamura Tamatarō I.
Female: Bandō Kakitsu I [初代坂東家橘] (Japanese, 1847 – 1893); other names: Ichimura Kakitsu V, Ichimura Uzaemon XIV, Ichimura Kakitsu V, Ichimura Uzaemon XIV, Ichimura Takematsu III.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Late 19th century, Meiji Period (1868 – 1912)
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper
Technique	Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Aiban yoko-e uchiwa-e, Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Subject	Actor print, Actors, Fan, Fan print, Kabuki, Kabuki actors, Meiji Period (1868 – 1912)
Artist	Yōshū Chikanobu [楊洲周延], a.k.a. Toyohara Chikanobu [豊原周延] (Japanese, 1838-1912)
Publisher	Tokyo Horiemachi / Enshi-sei
Publishing year	1880s
Acquisition year	2023

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