Original woodblock print vertical diptych – Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) – “’Jou no maki Fusuma Ochi nasu gatari’ ’shita no maki  Tsuri gitsune Sato no kake wa na’” 上の巻 襖落那須語 下の巻 釣狐郭掛罠- Japan -1894(meiji 25 period)

Description

Original woodblock print vertical diptych – Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) – “’Jou no maki Fusuma Ochi nasu gatari’ ’shita no maki  Tsuri gitsune Sato no kake wa na’” 上の巻 襖落那須語 下の巻 釣狐郭掛罠- Japan -1894(meiji 25 period)

This drawn the scene of Fusuma Ochi nasu gatari(襖落那須語) and Tsuri gitsune Sato no kake wa na’(釣狐郭掛罠), a performance called Noh(能)’.

The signature says “Toyohara Kunichika hitsu,”豊原国周筆”.

Actors

Ichikawa Danjurou 市川團十郎  playing the role of “Tarookaja”太郎冠者

Ogami Kikugorou 尾上菊五郎 playing  the role of Hakuzōsu jitsuwa hōkan Ōgi Kō 白蔵主実は幇間扇幸

Toyohara Kunichika(memo)
Toyohara Kunichika was a Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo’s then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama led to his production primarily of ukiyo-e actor-prints, which are woodblock prints of kabuki actors and scenes from popular plays of the time.