Explore the Beauty of Japanese Fine Art
Explore the Beauty of Japanese Fine Art
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CD2 Sharaku Wet Nurse Shigenoi
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An excellent Oban Woodblock Print of the kabuki actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Wet Nurse Shigenoi with wonderful colour and marvelous detail as well as a shimmering mica background. A beautifully rendered polychrome (nishiki-e) pigment on handmade Mulberry Bark Washi paper using meticulously hand carved woodblocks. This is a mid 20th Century Woodblock reprint by the Publisher: Oedo Mokuhansha and is an excellent depiction with wonderful colour and detail.
Beautifully rendered, polychrome (nishiki-e) pigment on handmade Mulberry Bark Washi paper.
Approximate dimensions of Sheet are 38 cm Height and 26 cm Width.
Shipping is via Australia Post with tracking and signature.
Sold as is. Please note we do not accept returns. Please review our images to ensure you are happy with this item prior to purchasing.
About The Play
Iwai Hanshiro IV played the leading female as the wet-nurse Shigenoi in the play titled ‘The Loved Wife’s Parti-Coloured Reins’. Causing the suicide of her father, she also suffers separation from her illegitimate son Sankichi. Shigenoi is holdling a wallet in her hands.
Sharaku produced some of the most evocative art of the floating world and his artistic abilities were well ahead of his time. His designs still stand unchallenged as the quintessence of Kabuki Theatre. Sharaku was active for a brief period of 10 months between 1794 and 1795. It was also believed he was a noh actor in the service of the Lord of Awa. Sharaku’s works are in many of the leading museums around the world such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Art Institute of Chicago, The British Museum London, State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg as well as Tokyo National Museum.
In stock
An excellent Oban Woodblock Print of the kabuki actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Wet Nurse Shigenoi with wonderful colour and marvelous detail as well as a shimmering mica background. A beautifully rendered polychrome (nishiki-e) pigment on handmade Mulberry Bark Washi paper using meticulously hand carved woodblocks. This is a mid 20th Century Woodblock reprint by the Publisher: Oedo Mokuhansha and is an excellent depiction with wonderful colour and detail.
Beautifully rendered, polychrome (nishiki-e) pigment on handmade Mulberry Bark Washi paper.
Approximate dimensions of Sheet are 38 cm Height and 26 cm Width.
Shipping is via Australia Post with tracking and signature.
Sold as is. Please note we do not accept returns. Please review our images to ensure you are happy with this item prior to purchasing.
About The Play
Iwai Hanshiro IV played the leading female as the wet-nurse Shigenoi in the play titled ‘The Loved Wife’s Parti-Coloured Reins’. Causing the suicide of her father, she also suffers separation from her illegitimate son Sankichi. Shigenoi is holdling a wallet in her hands.
Sharaku produced some of the most evocative art of the floating world and his artistic abilities were well ahead of his time. His designs still stand unchallenged as the quintessence of Kabuki Theatre. Sharaku was active for a brief period of 10 months between 1794 and 1795. It was also believed he was a noh actor in the service of the Lord of Awa. Sharaku’s works are in many of the leading museums around the world such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Art Institute of Chicago, The British Museum London, State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg as well as Tokyo National Museum.
