Yōshū Chikanobu Japanese Woodblock "Ichikawa Danjūrō and Others," Meiji Period
Item Details
Yōshū Chikanobu (also known as Yoshu Shuen, Toyohara Chikanobu); (Japanese, 1868 – 1912)
Ichikawa Danjūrō and Others, Meiji period (1868 – 1912)
Woodblock on paper
Signed and titled in seals
Nishiki-e (full color) woodblock
Diptych; depicts Kabuki (Japanese theater) actors
Condition
- toning and water stains to sheets; stain to center of middle figure; fraying, tears, and creases to edges; sunfade to lower right corner of rightmost print; ink residue to left margin of rightmost print; ink bleed to versos inherent to Japanese woodblock technique.
Dimensions
- measures each sheet (traditional oban sized print); full diptych image measures 19" W x 14" H.
Item #
ITMGQ09324







