Granted to your attention amazing original woodblock prints diptych PORTRAITOF4 ACTORS createdby great artist SHUNKOSAIHOKUSHU in 1821. Shunksai Hokush , who is also known as Shunk IV, was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka who was active from about 1802 to 1832. He is known to have been a student of Shksai Hambei, and may have also studied with Hokusai. He used the name Shunk until 1818, when he changed his name to Shunksai Hokush. He was the most important artist in Osaka during the 1810s and 1820s and established the Osaka style of actor prints. Not so much is known about the biography of the artist, not even the year when he was born. They say one of Hokushu’s art teachers was the great Hokusai Katsushika. Today Hokushu regarded as an important founding father of the Osaka style in ukiyo-e printmaking. This print diptych depicting the 4 actors under blooming sakura branches: Bando Mitsugoro III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Arashi Koroku IV as Koganosuke with Nakamura Matsue III as Sadakas daughter Hinadori and the widow Sadaka in play Imoseyama Onna Teikin in Osaka Kado theatre. Full oban size (14 3/4 X 10) untrimmed, unframed, with gouffrage (embossing) on hair decoration of woman on left panel, right panel backed on old Japanese prints album paper. The colors are bright and unfaded. This diptych is in excellent condition. You can make your OFFER and ask for DISCOUNT. The item “SHUNKOSAIHOKUSHU Original Japanese Woodblock Prints Diptych. 4 Actors” is in sale since Monday, April 19, 2021. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “nivatori” and is located in Rego Park, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Featured Refinements: Japanese Woodblock Print
- Region of Origin: Japan
- Age: 1800-1849
- Primary Material: Washi paper, inks
- Maker: SHUNKOSAIHOKUSHU
- Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
- Color: Multi-Color