Kuniyoshi Diptych

Actor dyptich, Kuniyoshi

Actors: Bandô Shuka I as Shogen’s daughter Omitsu (将監娘おみつ, left) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kano Shirojirô Motonobu (狩野四郎次郎元信, right)

Play: Mukashigatari inazuma zoshi (昔語稲妻帖)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei

• Signed by artist: Kuniyoshi (1798–1861)
• Date/period: 3^rd month of 1848
• Material: ink on mulberry paper
• Size: 37.3 x 25.6cm. each approx.
• Condition: Good color impression and condition, traces of aging, not backed
• Sold with authenticity certificate

Note: All woodblockprints are sold without frame

About the artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861) was a renowned Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock artist and printmaker who lived during the Edo period. He was a prominent member of the Utagawa school, which was one of the most influential and prolific ukiyo-e art schools of the time. Kuniyoshi is particularly well-known for his imaginative and dynamic woodblock prints, which often featured samurai warriors, kabuki actors, landscapes, and scenes from Japanese history and mythology.