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Kabuki Dreams: 100 Actor Triptychs From The Floating World

Kabuki Dreams: 100 Actor Triptychs From The Floating World

Kunichika, Toyohara
Yoshida, Ringo

Paperback

Series: Triple Visions, Book 2

Individual ArtistsJapanese ArtArt & Popular Culture

ISBN10: 1917285280
ISBN13: 9781917285285
Publisher: Bonefyre Books
Published: Jun 13 2024
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.32 Width: 11.00 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Yakasha-e: Actor pictures from the floating world. Ukiyo, the floating world - a transient realm of pleasures, horrors, and dreams - was brought to life most vividly on the kabuki stage of 19th century Japan, and recorded in yakasha-e, paintings and woodblock prints depicting and most famous actors and most sensational scenes of the day. Perhaps the most famous of all purveyors of yakasha-e was Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), renowned as one of the greatest ukiyo-e artists of the 19th century. Almost his entire artistic life was dedicated to creating image records of kabuki theatre productions and the actors who starred in them, including such notables as Ichikawa Danjuro IX, Nakamura Shikan IV, and Onoe Kikugoro V. Kunichika constantly developed his own unique aesthetic style, always pushing the boundaries of ukiyo-e in bold and provocative new directions.

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