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Product name: Vintage 1886 Japanese Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Sakata Kintaro by Yoshu Chikanobu
Manufacturer: Yoshu Chikanobu
Series: Japanese Vintage Woodblock Print
Year: 1886
Size(approximately): 36.4cm x 25cm
Condition: There are some scratches and dirt. There is some wear and tear due to its age. Please check the pictures carefully.
Please be aware that this is a vintage item. If you like it we would be happy to take your order.
Description:
Azuma Nishiki Day and Night Competition: Sakata Kintoki (Kintaro) by Yangshu Chikanobu
Author: Yangshu Chikanobu
Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujiro
Year of Publication: 1886
Size: 36.4cm x 25cm
Condition: Used (fair condition)
Description: There is some fading, minor staining, and slight wrinkles due to age.
●Azuma Nishiki Day and Night Competition (Azuma Nishiki Day and Night Competition):
Produced by Chikanobu in 1886, this series of 50 nishiki-e prints depicts various historical, legendary, and supernatural stories from mythology to the Edo period.
Divided into day and night sections, the upper section contains text (summaries of storytelling and military chronicles) and central characters of the story, such as military commanders, nobles, monks, and supernatural beings.
The lower section features large historical and portrait scenes, featuring a diverse range of characters, including heroes, beautiful women, military commanders, and eccentric children, creating a distinctive narrative structure.
In this work, the upper section depicts Minamoto no Yorimitsu and monsters, while a text explains how Yorimitsu discovered Kintaro and hints at Kintaro's eventual transformation into Sakata Kintoki, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Yorimitsu."
The lower section vividly depicts a young Kintaro being raised by a mountain witch, surrounded by monkeys.
●Artist: Yōshū Chikanobu [1838 (Tenpō 9) - 1912 (Taishō 1)]
His real name was Hashimoto Naoyoshi, born into a family of low-ranking samurai stationed in Edo in the Takada domain of Echigo Province.
Earlier in his career, he studied under Utagawa Kuniyoshi, creating warrior and actor portraits under the artist pen names of Isju and others.
He later studied under Utagawa Toyokuni III and Toyohara Kunichika, eventually adopting the pen name "Chikanobu."
During the turbulent times of the late Edo period, he joined the Ueno Shōgitai and fought against government forces.
After the Meiji Restoration, he devoted himself to painting, continuing to depict the rapidly changing social climate of the Meiji era while retaining traditional ukiyo-e techniques.
He specialized in period genre paintings and portraits of beautiful women, depicting imperial events and the lives of upper-class women,
and left behind a large body of work that is valuable for understanding the history of social customs from the end of the Edo period through to the Meiji era.
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