Kunichika - Mirror of Demonic People, Good and Evil - Hitomaru No Roku
Kunichika - Mirror of Demonic People, Good and Evil - Hitomaru No Roku
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Toyohara Kunichika
This print depicts the actor Iwai Shijaku (岩井紫若) playing the role of the female bandit Hitomaru no Oroku (人丸ノ於六). The woman is a character in the play “Fifty-three post stations along eastern Japan” (吾孺下五十三駅) and is depicted clutching a naginata (薙刀). In the background there is a bokashi (ぼかし) gradation, and we can see the silhouette of a castle.
The work is taken from the series “Mirror of Demonic People, Good and Evil” (善悪鬼人鏡) by the artist Toyohara Kunichika.
Date: 1868
Publisher: Tsunokuniya Isaburo (津國屋伊三郎)
Condition: Very good color and impression, damage on right border as shown, backed.
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