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| Artist: | Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) — 葛飾北斎 |
| Title: | Actor Paper Dolls, Ichikawa Yaozo II |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 28504 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Actor Paper Dolls, Ichikawa Yaozo II , by Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849)
This is a doll of the popular kabuki actor Ichikawa Yaozo II provided with changes of costume. The title in Japanese refers to the seven transformations of Yaozo, and as it suggests, seven costumes are provided for Yaozo. Ukiyo-e prints were not just for visual enjoyment, some prints provided these other kinds of enjoyment. The signature Shunro is one of the names Hokusai used when he was a young man. This print shows that he was already extremely talented as a young man. |
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