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Sojo Henjo – Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV
Sojo Henjo – Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV
Kunichika, Toyohara, 1835-1900
Sojo Henjo – Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV
Artist : Kunichika, Toyohara, 1835-1900
Series : A Collection of Flowers: Matches for the Six Poetic Immortals
Date : 1863
Medium : woodblock
Item# : FWG18346
Condition : Trimming; album backing
Image size : 14 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches
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About The Artist
Kunichika, Toyohara, 1835-1900
N. Toyohara (originally Arakawa) Yasohachi. Go: Beio, Hoshunro, Ichiosai, Kachoro, Kunichika, Shima Sanjin, Sogenshi. Ukiyo-e printmaker. Born in Edo. Pupil first of Toyohara Chikanobu (whose name he took), then of Utagawa Kunisada (among the few of Kunisada's pupils who did not use the name of Utagawa). Produced prints of actors, sets of views, historical subjects, journalistic illustrations in the late Kunisada tradition, which reflect the declining taste of the public and the worsening.....