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SHUNSEN Natori. (1886-1960)
Bandō Mitsugorō VII as Yari yakko.
- Category
- Japanese | 20th Century
- Series
- New Stage Portraits.
- Publisher
- Watanabe Shozoburo
dai-oban tate-e, 28.0 cm × 41.0 cm
Excellent impression with blind printing and mica ground. Excellent colour and condition.
The actor Bandō Mitsugorō VII playing the rold of Yari yakko, a spear bearer, from the series Shinpan butai no sugata-e (New Stage Portraits). Signed Taishidō Shunsen sha (depicted by Taishidō Shunsen), top right with the artist's red 'Shunsen' seal below. The right margin has the date and role details and reads Shōwa nijūshichi nen san gatsu saku, created Shōwa 27 (1952), March) and below the actor and role, Bandō Mitsugorō, Yari yakko. Shozaburo's seal lower left.
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SHUNSEN Natori. (1886-1960)
Onoe Shoroku as the priest in Tsuchigumo. 1951.
- Category
- Japanese | Miscellaneous
- Series
- New Stage Portraits.
- Publisher
- Shōzaburō Watanabe.
ōban tate-e, 26.7 cm × 39.4 cm
Excellent impression, colour and condition.
Shunsen is considered to be the last great master of yakusha-e (actor prints). In this work he depicts the actor Onoe Shoroku in the role of the priest in Tsuchigumo. Signed Shunsen with artist's red maple leaf seal, published by Watanabe Shozaburo, ca. 1952.
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SHUNSEN Natori. (1886-1960)
The Actor Ichikawa Junkei. 1952.
- Category
- Japanese | Actors And Kabuki
- Series
- New Edition of Theatrical Portraits.
- Publisher
- Shōzaburō Watanabe.
dai-oban, 27.0 cm × 39.0 cm
Excellent impression, colour and condition.
The actor Ichikawa Jukai III (1886-1971) in one of his finest roles, Kimura Nagato no Kami from the drama Kiri Hitoha (A Paulownia Leaf), which he performed at the Kabukiza in Tokyo, July 1951. The play is written by Tsubouchi Shōyō, an influential figure in modern Kabuki, who translated the complete works of William Shakespeare. Signed Shunsen with artist's red maple leaf seal, published by Watanabe Shozaburo, ca. 1952.
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SHUNSEN Natori. (1886-1960)
Ichikawa Sumizo VI as Shirai Gonpachi. 1926.
- Category
- Japanese | 20th Century
- Series
- Shunsen nagao-e shu.
- Publisher
- Shōzaburō Watanabe.
ōban tate-e, 27.0 cm × 39.0 cm
Excellent impression, with blind printing on the face. Excellent colour and condition.
Shunsen was one of the last great exponents of yakusha-e (actor prints).Here he captures Ichikawa Sumizo VI in the role of a tragic hero, Shirai Gonpachi, 1926, signed Shunsen and sealed Shunsen and Natori.
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