We offer discounted prices for orders of two or more items. Toyohara KUNICHIKA (18351900). Approx, 14″ x 9.69.7″ (35.6 x 24.4 24.7cm). Good for antiques, paper is a little damaged (with stains or wrinkles slightly and tiny holes) due to long periods or natural discoloration, but the color remains beautiful. Toyohara Kunichika was born on June 5, 1835 (Tenpo 6) as the second son of a bathhouse owner in Gorobeicho, Kyobashi, Edo (present-day Yaesu, Chuo Ward, Tokyo). It was in 1869 (Meiji 2) that Toyohara Kunichika showed his full potential. With the publisher Gusokuya Kahee, a jihon wholesaler, he produced ookubi-e (large-head paintings: a style of ukiyo-e that depicts a person’s face and chest above) of actors, and this series made Kunichika of Actor Pictures famous. In the same year, he also published a series of two- to three-panel ookubi-e. Later, his bold compositions of showing a half-body figure of an actor standing alone on a triptych screen became a hot topic. Toyohara Kunichika is said to have been the first to come up with this innovative style of ukiyo-e, and due to the large number of works he produced, it is highly regarded as a historical resource for learning about kabuki and theater from the Meiji period. Details and colors of the images might be slightly different from those of genuine products, due to the light or vary depending on your computer’s monitor settings.
