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Subject:Please help identify old woodblock
Posted By: Michael Mon, Nov 20, 2023 IP: 2600:6c40:4d7f:4f11:
Can anyone identify and translate the woodblock?
Thank you for your time!!







Subject:Re: Please help identify old woodblock
Posted By: Guy Tue, Nov 21, 2023
The artist is the Osaka print designer Kunikazu (国計). The print depicts the actors Nakamura Tomosa II (1795-1862) in the role of Shimizumura Jinzaemon and Nakamura Daikichi III (1815-1857) as the daughter Otaka in the play 'Katakiuchi ninin gappô', performed at the Naka theatre in Osaka, 9th month 1856.

The Osaka printmaker Kunikazu (国計, active 1856-58) must not be confused with Utagawa Kunikazu (歌川国員, active 1848-1868), also working in Osaka.

Guy.

Subject:Re: Please help identify old woodblock
Posted By: Michael Tue, Nov 21, 2023
Thank you!

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