{"product_id":"mg1807-kunichika-uchiwa-fan-print-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Kunichika - Uchiwa Fan Print","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToyohara Kunichika\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (1835–1900)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1883\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ukiyo-e, Bijin-ga \/ Yakusha-e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Original Woodblock Print\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an original Japanese woodblock uchiwa fan print by Kunichika \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epublished during the late Edo period. It's from the series \"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFlower Competition: A Mirror of Actors\". Designed in a circular mirror format, the composition depicts the Kabuki actor Ichikawa Udanji in a female role, blending the worlds of actor portraiture and idealized beauty prints. Not many fan prints survived since most were pasted to the uchiwa fans that were used by the Edo populace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKnown as the \u003cstrong\u003e\"Meiji Sharaku,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e Kunichika was one of the three great ukiyo-e masters of the Meiji period alongside Yoshitoshi and Kiyochika. His bold actor portraits, vivid colors, and intimate knowledge of the theater made him the foremost chronicler of Kabuki during its final great age as a subject of woodblock prints.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good color and impression. Not backed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mie Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43831690068046,"sku":"MG1807","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/files\/mg1807-Kunichika_-_Uchiwa_Fan_Print-japanese-woodblock-print.jpg?v=1781810807","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/products\/mg1807-kunichika-uchiwa-fan-print-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}