Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō, Japanese woodblock print – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō, Japanese woodblock print, preserved in this historic print. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō, Japanese woodblock print
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Ichikawa Danjūrō, the celebrated actor of the Edo kabuki stage, is the subject here, shown in one of the bold, stylized character portraits that made Japanese woodblock printmakers famous in the 1700s and 1800s. Actors of this rank were among the most recognizable people in Edo, and their likenesses were sold as collectible prints that fans bought much as people today buy celebrity portraits. Look closely at the dramatic costume, the strong outlines, and the flat areas of color, which are the hallmarks of the ukiyo-e tradition. The print was carved and inked from separate blocks, so each color required its own pass.
| Original scan | 3,821 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g08442_ |
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