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Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳 (1797–1861) Series: Genji kumo ukiyo-e awase 源氏雲浮世画合 (Ukiyo-e Comparisons of the Cloudy Chapters of Genji) Title: No. 26, Tokonatsu 常夏 (Wild Carnations): Danshichi Kurobei 團七九郎兵衛 and Ōtori Sagaemon 大鳥佐賀右エ門 Format: Ōban tate-e, approx. 24 × 36 cm Technique: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and colour on paper Date: c. 1845–46 Publisher: Iseya Ichibei 伊勢屋市兵衛 (seal 伊勢市) Censor seal: Watanabe (渡) Signature: 一勇齋國芳画 (Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga), with the artist's kiri seal Text: Signed Hanagasa-ō 花笠翁 Reference: Robinson S45.26 CONDITION Very good color, good impression, light soiling and minor trimming outside the image area. The paper is clean, firm and sublte! Please check the images! About the print In Genji kumo ukiyo-e awase, Kuniyoshi paired each chapter of the Tale of Genji with a scene from kabuki or popular legend. Each sheet carries a poem, the chapter's Genji incense symbol and a matching emblem on a scroll at the top. Here the chapter is Tokonatsu ("Wild Carnations", literally "Everlasting Summer"). It is matched with the great summer play of the Osaka stage, Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami ("Summer Festival: Mirror of Osaka"). Danshichi Kurobei is a fishmonger and a tough, loyal commoner. He is the play's hero, and he is famous for the climactic murder of his father-in-law in a muddy field during the summer festival. His opponent here is Ōtori Sagaemon, the villainous samurai whose schemes drive the plot. Danshichi was one of the favourite roles of the Edo stage. Kuniyoshi drew him many times, and this is one of the most characterful subjects in the series.
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