Konishi Hirosada
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Konishi Hirosada was the most prolific Osaka-based designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints during the late Edo period. Like most producers of kamigata-e —prints originating in the Osaka and Kyoto regions
diptych by Hirosada I showing actors Nakamura Utaemon IV (right) and Nakamura Tomosa II (left) in the play Keisei Kiyome no Funauta (1/1851)
diptych from the series "Tales of Brave Warriors of Renown" showing Ichikawa Ebizō V (left) and Arashi Rikan III(right) in the play Go Taiheiki Shiroishi Banashi (8/1848)
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Yakusha-e
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Yakusha-e, often referred to as "actor prints" in English, are Japanese woodblock prints or, rarely, paintings, of kabuki actors, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo p
Konishi Hirosada
…woodblock prints during the late Edo period. Like most producers of kamigata-e (上方絵)—prints originating in the Osaka and Kyoto regions—he specialized in yakusha-e actor prints. Hirosada is particularly known for his diptychs and triptychs, and for his many ōkubi-e portraits of the leading actors on the Osaka…
Sharaku; The Kabuki actors Bando Zenji (on the left, in the role of Benkei) and Sawamura Yodogoro II (on the right, as Yoshitsune), in the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (Yoshitsune of the Thousand Cherry-Trees); 1794, fifth month.
Utagawa Toyokuni; The Kabuki actor Onoe Eisaburo I; c. 1800
Yoshiiku Kabuki Actors Greeting the Lunar New Year 1863