Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
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Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) | Actors performing in the play The Maiden at Dojoji Temple (Musume Dojoji) | Edo period, 18th century
Lot closes
July 18, 01:01 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Starting Bid
2,600 GBP
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The Property of a Private Collector
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)
Actors performing in the play The Maiden at Dojoji Temple (Musume Dojoji)
Edo period, 18th century
woodblock print, benizuri-e, signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu (Pictured by Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu), artist's seals Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu, inscribed Yakusha goko, published by Maruya Kohei (Hosendo), circa 1750-54; collectors' seals Hayashi Tadamasa and H.V
Vertical o-oban: 42 x 29.4 cm., 16½ x 11⅝ in.
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906)
Henri Vever (1854-1942)
Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Fan Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part II, 26th March 1975, Lot 28
Hayashi Catalogue, Collection Hayashi: Dessins, Estampes, Livres illustrés (Paris, 1902), p. 46, no. 333.
C. Vignier, T. Inada and R. Koechlin, Estampes Japonaises Primitives Exposées au Musée des Arts Décoratifs en Février 1909 (Paris: 1909), no. 222.
Albert Maybon, Le Theatre Japonias (Paris, 1925).
Yoshida Teruji, ed., Hanga soshi jidai [Prints of the Early Period], Ukiyo-e taisei [Compendium of Ukiyo-e], vol. 3 (Tokyo, 1931), no. 27.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Estampes Japonaises Primitives, February 1909.
Considering the dating of the work, it is plausible that this print was issued in commemoration of the first performance of The Maiden at Dojoji Temple in the 3rd lunar month of 1753 at the Nakamura Theatre, starring Nakamura Tomijiro (1719-1786). The ink inscription to the upper right of the print, yakusha gako, however, implies that Toyonobu drafted this scene from memory and no specific actor can be identified or associated with the performance.
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