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| Artist: | Ohta Masamitsu (1892?-1975) - Ota — 太田雅光 |
| Title: | Onoe Baiko VII- Wisteria maiden — 藤娘 七代目尾上 |
| Series: | Figures of the Showa Stage — 昭和舞台姿 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1951 (circa) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Miyake Koshodo |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Miyake Koshodo |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 37642 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| It is very hard to find an undamaged example of this scene. I assume the folder this scene was housed in chemically reacted with the washi paper of the print. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Sunday, 1 May 2005
Artist: Masamitsu Ota 1892 (?) - 1975
Signature: Masamitsu
Publisher: Miyake Koshodo
Seal: Masamitsu
Date: ca. 1951
Size: 26,3 x 41,4 cm
Format: oban
Title: "Showa butai sugata"
Figures on the stage in the Showa period
No. 12, "Fuji-musume Shichidai-me Onoe Baiko jo"
Onoe Baiko VII in the dance mime
Fuji-musume (Wisteria maiden)
Including original folder
Impression: fine
Colors: very good
Condition: fair - , left side was folded under by the publisher (the original folder was too small), excessively foxed
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| Artist Bio: |
A site dedicated to the works of Ohta Masamitsu can be found here.
Masamitsu Ota also known as Ōta Gako (太田 雅光, Ōta Masamitsu, 1892–1975) was a Japanese print-maker. He was one of the masters of the shin hanga movement. His work consisted mostly of kabuki actor prints that emphasized the individual personality of the actors, showcased through rich colors and exquisite patterns of complex design. Ota had a lifelong involvement with kabuki theater, illustrating volumes on major kabuki plays and famous kabuki costumes. His two most important set of actor prints, Showa Butai Sugata (1950) and Gendai Butai Geika (1955) were published by the Banchoro studio. These sets, of twelve prints each, exhibit a very high level of realism, achieved through the use of western techniques of perspective and through beautiful shading (bokashi) and attention to detail. (from https://peoplepill.com/people/masamitsu-ota)
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