Yoshitaki - Tanago Genji's Fifty-Four Posts

Utagawa Yoshitaki

An Osaka print called "Tanago Genji's Fifty-Four Posts". This is number 22 in the series. Kabuki actors are Sawura Kunitaro and Ichikawa Ueji.

Utagawa Yoshitaki (歌川 芳滝; April 13, 1841 – June 28, 1899), who is also known as Ichiyōsai Yoshitaki (一養斎 芳滝), was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints who was active in both Edo (Tokyo) and Osaka. He was also a painter and newspaper illustrator. Yoshitaki was the most prolific designer of woodblock prints in Osaka from the 1860s to the 1880s, producing more than 1,200 different prints, almost all of kabuki actors.

Date: 1860's

Condition: Very good color. Backed on thin paper. Cropped as shown.

Genre: Ukiyo-e (Osaka-style) Yakusha-e

Medium: Woodblock Print