'Yoshitoshi's Actors with Snow, Moon, Flowers'

Yoshitoshi's 'Setsugekka no uchi' (8/1890)


Introduction

This page catalogs prints in Yoshitoshi's series 'Setsugekka no uchi (Snow, moon, and flowers)'.

This is a series of half-length portraits of actors, which was executed by Yoshitoshi near the end of his life. Considered among Yoshitoshi's best kabuki prints.

Technical details

Previous cataloguings

Listed in Keyes' thesis:
	Roger. S. Keyes, "Courage and Silence: A Study of the Life and
		Color Woodblock Prints of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 1839-1892",
		Cinncinnati, 1982
where it appears as series #517, and:
	Eric van den Ing, Robert Schaap, "Beauty and Violence: Japanese 		  
		Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892",    
		Havilland, Eindhoven, 1992 
as series #69 (page 91, 146).

We use the Keyes numbers to order the prints below.


The Prints

To see a larger image of any print, please click on the thumbnail.
 
Thumbnail
Number
Date
Title
Description

#01
8/1890
Snow. Onoe Baiko (Kikugorô V) as Iwakura Sôgen. Second state (second image as shown) titled "Iwakura Sôgen in the hermitage scene from Hanafubuki."  
#02
1890
Moon. Ichikawa Sanshô (Danjurô IX) as the pirate Kezori Kuemon. Yoshitoshi is said to have spent 3 days carving Kuemon's hair and beard.
#03
1890
Flowers. Ichikawa Sadanji as Gosho no Gorozô.  









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