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.
Additional Information
| Collection | Japanese prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Period | 19 AD , Edo period [江戸時代] (1603–1868) , Mid-19th century |
| Country | Japan |
| Media/Technique | Colour , Ink , Paper , Woodblock print |
| Subject | Actors , Human face (portrait) , Japanese woodblock prints , Kabuki , Kabuki actor , Memorial portrait , Woodblock printing |
| Size | Oban |
| Catalogue raisonne | Heroes and Ghosts – Schaap , The Riddles – Uhlenbeck |
| Genre | Actor Prints (Yakusha-e, 役者絵) |
| Acquisition year | 2016 |
