KUNIYOSHI. Kōzuke-provincie (上野) en Shimotsuke-provincie (下野). authentieke Japanse prent Ukiyo-e – Japan – Edo Periode (1600-1868)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797–1861)Title: Kōzuke Province (上野) and Shimotsuke Province (下野)Series: Miyako Nishiki Imayō Kunizukushi (都錦今様国尽) — "Een moderne reeks van de provincies in Edo-brocade" Date: 1852 Signature/seals: Artist's cartouche and red seal at lower leftFormat: Full ōban sheet, two registers, approx. 35.2 × 24.1 cm (13⅞ × 9½ in.)--------------------------------------------------------------------ConditionGood colors and impression. Minor trimming. Backed with Edo paper, slight rubbing. Moderate soiling. Fair condition overall. Please check the images! The print still presents well.---------------------------------------------------------------------THE PRINTKuniyoshi's Miyako Nishiki Imayō Kunizukushi pairs each province of Japan with a figure associated with it, split across a two-register sheet. The upper panel, labelled Kōzuke (上野), shows the legendary prince-warrior Yamato Takeru no Mikoto — named directly in the cartouche beside him — standing high on a mountain ridge above a river valley, a temple gate and pine grove below. The lower panel, labelled Shimotsuke (下野), turns to the stage: a kabuki actor in the role of the courtesan Yatsuhashi, an elaborate coiffure bristling with combs and hairpins, standing before an iris-filled stream — the flower most associated with her role.The pairing is typical of the series' conceit — legendary history above, contemporary kabuki glamour below — and the two registers give Kuniyoshi... lees verder bij Catawiki