THE SERIES COLLECTION · KEYES 35
Modern Celebrities of the East
今様贔屓東絵
Imayō hiiki azuma-e
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1860
THE SERIES COLLECTION
MODERN CELEBRITIES OF THE EAST今様贔屓東絵
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Print #01VIEW PRINT ↗#01Print #017/1860Fuijwara no Tokihira (871-909)VIEW PRINT ↗#02Fuijwara no Tokihira (871-909)7/1860IMAGE NEEDED般若太郎Recorded in the Sakai working catalogue under 今様贔屓東繪, citing the 2016 JUM catalogue. An image is being sought. Sakai lists this subject as entry 2; this page retains its existing print numbers and adds the design as print #3.VIEW PRINT ↗#03Hannya Tarō1860Prints #1 and #2 retain their existing Keyes numbering. Print #3 is a site extension for Hannya Tarō, listed as entry 2 in Sakai.
About the Series
Imayō hiiki azuma-e (今様贔屓東繪; Modern Celebrities of the East) is a rarely seen early kabuki series. This catalogue now records three designs. The Sakai working catalogue lists three subjects, including Hannya Tarō, for which an image is still being sought. The total number originally produced remains uncertain.
Publication details
- Dates: 7/1860
- Size: Oban series
- Signed: Gyokuō Yoshitoshi hitsu
- Seal: Gyokuō
- Publishers: Kadokin
Catalogue references and numbering
Prints #1 and #2 retain their existing Keyes numbering. Print #3 is a site extension for Hannya Tarō, listed as entry 2 in Sakai.
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, 1982where it appears as series #35;
Eric van den Ing, Robert Schaap, "Beauty and Violence: Japanese Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892 ", Havilland, Eindhoven, 1992where it appears as series #5, page 97.
Prints #1 and #2 retain their existing Keyes numbering. Hannya Tarō is added here as print #3; Sakai lists that subject as entry 2. This added number is a site extension, not a verified Keyes print number.