This print is one of seven small format prints created by Hakutei for the short-lived 1915 magazine Shin Nigao whose purpose was to advertise the kabuki theater and renew interest in actor prints. This print appeared in issue 2 published in July 1915.
This print features the actor Kataoka Nizaemon XI in the role of Gonpachi likely in the play Kamiko Jitate Ryōmen Kagami.
This print features the actor Kataoka Nizaemon XI in the role of Gonpachi likely in the play Kamiko Jitate Ryōmen Kagami.
The orange cartouche in the upper right of the print reads 白井権八 (Shirai Gonpachi) and the yellow cartouche reads 仁左衛門 (Nizaemon).
For more information on this short-lived magazine whose purpose was to advertise the Kabuki theater and renew interest in actor prints, see the article Shin Nigao Magazine.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1979 |
| Title | Nizaemon in the roll of Gonpachi 権八 仁左衛門  as printed on original presentation sheet |
| Series | Magazine: Shin Nigao (New Portraits) volume 2 新似顔 第一年貮編 |
| Artist | Ishii Hakutei (1882-1958) |
| Signature |   |
| Seal | no seal |
| Date | July 1915 |
| Edition | First and only edition printed in magazine Shin Nigao |
| Publisher | Nigaodō 似顔洞 |
| Carver and Printer | Igami Bonkotsu (1875-1933) |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | shin hanga (new prints) nigao-e |
| Format | koban |
| H x W Paper | 7 1/16 x 4 3/4 in. (17.9 x 12.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (15.9 x 11.4 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Honolulu Museum of Art 27496; The British Museum 1991,1112,0.193.2 (entire magazine, only front cover shown); Art Research Center Ritsumeikan University BM-SJ193-02 (British Museum's copy of entire magazine with all pages shown) |
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