Toyokuni - Segawa Rokô IV as the shop assistant Chôkichi
Toyokuni - Segawa Rokô IV as the shop assistant Chôkichi
Utagawa Toyokuni I 1769-1825
Date: 1810
Publisher: Kawachiya Genshichi
Genre: Ukiyo-e, Yakusha-e
Medium: Woodblock Print, Oban
Left panel of a diptych showing a scene from the play “Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi” with the actor Segawa Rokô IV in the role of the shop assistant (Detchi) Chôkichi. In this play, the shop assistant Chôkichi is murdered on the banks of the Sumida River by Ume no Yoshibē for money.
Condition: Fair condition. Not backed. Repairs as shown. Good color.
About the artist
Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769–1825) was an ukiyo-e artist from Edo (now Tokyo) who trained under Utagawa Toyoharu, founder of the Utagawa school. He built on his teacher's style, and as head of the school in the late 18th and early 19th centuries he shaped the next generation of print designers. He specialized in prints of kabuki actors and was also known for pictures of beautiful women. His best-known series is Yakusha butai no sugata-e (Portraits of Actors in Their Various Roles), made between 1794 and 1796.
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