About This Print
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. The actors being depicted are unidentified. This print appeared in issue 2, published in July 19195.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.
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #848 |
| Title | Sketches of Five Actors 五人男スケッチ (as printed on original presentation page and on verso of this print - see below) |
| Series | Magazine: Shin Nigao (New Portraits) volume 2 新似顔 第一年貮編 |
| Artist | Ishii Hakutei (1882-1958) |
| Signature | No signature on print. 石井柏亭 畫 Ishii Hakutei ga printed on bottom of magazine page print was originally tipped to (see Miscellaneous below) |
| 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 | printing on the magazine page print was originally tipped to and notation on print verso reading 五人男スケッチ 石井柏亭 (five sketches by Ishii Hakutei)  |
| Genre | shin hanga (new prints) nigao-e |
| Format | Koban |
| H x W Paper | 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (18.1 x 11.4 cm) |
| Collections This Print | 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) |
| Reference Literature |
7/27/2020
11/19/2018
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