SHUNSEN Japanese Woodblock Print NAKAMURA KANZABURO KABUKI ACTOR 1951

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SHUNSEN Japanese Woodblock Print NAKAMURA KANZABURO KABUKI ACTOR 1951:
$679.99

SHUNSEN Japanese Woodblock Print NAKAMURA KANZABURO KABUKI ACTOR 1951
NATORI SHUNSENNakamura Kanzaburo as the Tobacconist Genshichifrom the series \"Thirty Portraits of Contemporary Actors in Kabuki Plays\"Date: 1951, published by Watanabe
Size: full oban, approx. 10.875\" x 16\"
Condition: VG, faint foxing along the nose; drying holes in left margin, otherwise no flaws of note
Impression: Fine, solid key lines, nice surface texture, tight registration
Color: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso

An inspiration to artists for centuries, kabuki draws on Japan’s rich folklore, literature and history, as well as violent, romantic and scandalous events, to present lavish dramatic performances. Kabuki actors – the movie stars of their day – were wildly popular for flamboyant portrayals, extraordinary characters and colorful personal lives. Shunsen’s prints provide a fascinating glimpse into this glamorous world, while demonstrating consummate mastery of traditional Japanese printmaking techniques.

ABOUT NATORI SHUNSEN
Natori Shunsen was born in Kushigata-cho, Yamanashi, but moved to Tokyo after the bankruptcy of his father\'s business in 1887, and started to study nihonga under Kubota Beisen and Hirafuku Hyakusui, and oil painting under Fukui Kotei. From 1907 until 1913 he worked for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper illustrating the serial novel Heibon by Futabatei Shimei and later Natsume Soseki\'s novel Sanshiro.

Shunsen developed an interest in kabuki actorportraits while working for AsahiShimbun. Around 1925 he met the publisher Shozaburo Watanabe and thetwo collaborated on a series of 36 portraits of the leading kabukiactors of the day. This series contained some of Shunsen\'s finest work,which Watanabe lavishly produced in limited editions and sold bysubscription. The production of the series lasted through 1929 andwas followed by a supplementary series of another 15 prints through1931. He created no other prints of actors until 1951 when he andWatanabe collaborated again on a series of 30 more actor prints through1954. Shunsen is considered to be the last master of the art of kabukiyakusha-e (\"actor pictures\").
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