Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 54479

Actor Paper Dolls, Ichikawa Yaozo II

Artist / 作者
Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
Date / 年代
1760
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
270 × 600 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

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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