About This Print
One of fourteen prints by the artist that appeared in the magazine Shin Nigao whose purpose was to advertise the Kabuki theater and renew interest in actor prints. This print featuring the actor Kitaoka Nizaemon (XI) in the role of Yōjirō, in a play which ran in April 1915 at the Kabuki-za, was published in the first issue of the magazine in June 1915.
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.
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.
The Actor in this Print
For information on this actor see the article The Kabuki Actor on this site and scroll to the artist's name.
Print Details
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| IHL Catalog | #2178 |
| Title/Description | Kataoka Nizaemon [XI] [in the role of] Yōjirō 片岡 仁左衛門 與次郎 |
| Series | Magazine: Shin Nigao (New Portraits) volume unknown 新似顔 第一年初編 |
| Artist | Matsuda Seifū (1880-1978) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | Artist's 青 "Ao" seal (as shown above) |
| Date | June 1915 |
| Edition | First and only edition printed in magazine Shin Nigao |
| Publisher | Nigaodō 似顔洞 |
| Carver | Igami Bonkotsu (1875-1933) |
| Printer | Nakamura Sanjirō 中村三次郎 |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - slight overall toning; binding holes left margin; insect holes repaired verso |
| Miscellaneous | silver mica ink used for background |
| Genre | shin hanga (new prints); nigao-e |
| Format | koban |
| H x W Paper | 7 1/4 x 4 13/16 in. (18.4 x 12.2 cm) |
| H x W Image | 6 9/16 x 4 3/16 in. (15.2 x 10.6 cm) |
| Collections This Print | The British Museum 1991,1112,0.193.3 (entire magazine, only front cover shown); Art Research Center Ritsumeikan University BM-SJ193-03 (British Museum's copy of entire magazine with all pages shown) |
| Reference Literature |
7/28/2020
10/18/2019 created
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