Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Tattooed hunter, fisherman and Yakuza ヤクザ - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - The Gangster Natsume Kozo Shinsuke 夏目子僧新助 from the series "A Modern Suikoden" 近世水滸伝 - Japan - 1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyu 1), 7th month
The man who, in this important woodblock print by the artist Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) , holds a hocho (包丁) knife between his teeth and shows off a magnificent tattoo of yaezakura (八重桜) "double" cherry blossoms is the young and charming Natsume Kozo Shinsuke (夏目子僧新助) , hunter and fisherman as well as servant of the yakuza (ヤクザ) boss Iioka no Sukegoro (飯岡助五郎) , the leader of a gambling gang in the Shimosa Province (下総国) , in the modern Chiba Prefecture (千葉県) . The print, in which the protagonist is played by the actor Iwai Kumesaburo III (三代目岩井粂三郎) and is presented with a quick biography signed by the writer and journalist Nozaki Bunzo (野崎文蔵) , better known to the public under the pseudonym Kanagaki Robun (仮名垣魯文) , is taken from the series "A Modern Suikoden" (近世水滸伝) , a referring to the famous Chinese novel "Shui Hu Zhuan" (水浒传) , literally "The Story by the Water Margin", which tells the adventurous epic of a gang of 108 outlaws. The woodcut, produced in July 1861 by the publisher Iseya Kanekichi (伊勢屋兼吉) and by the carver Matsushima Masakichi (松島彫政) , despite the right signs of aging, a small restoration in the upper left corner and a partial trimming of the margins, is in overall good conditions. See Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: https: //collections. mfa. org/objects/476743 and Waseda University: https: //archive. waseda. jp/archive/detail. html? arg={%22sub. DB_id%22: %2252%22,%22id%22: %22207331; 1%22}&lang=en The woodblock print will be well-packaged and shipped by registered mail with a tracking code.
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The man who, in this important woodblock print by the artist Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) , holds a hocho (包丁) knife between his teeth and shows off a magnificent tattoo of yaezakura (八重桜) "double" cherry blossoms is the young and charming Natsume Kozo Shinsuke (夏目子僧新助) , hunter and fisherman as well as servant of the yakuza (ヤクザ) boss Iioka no Sukegoro (飯岡助五郎) , the leader of a gambling gang in the Shimosa Province (下総国) , in the modern Chiba Prefecture (千葉県) . The print, in which the protagonist is played by the actor Iwai Kumesaburo III (三代目岩井粂三郎) and is presented with a quick biography signed by the writer and journalist Nozaki Bunzo (野崎文蔵) , better known to the public under the pseudonym Kanagaki Robun (仮名垣魯文) , is taken from the series "A Modern Suikoden" (近世水滸伝) , a referring to the famous Chinese novel "Shui Hu Zhuan" (水浒传) , literally "The Story by the Water Margin", which tells the adventurous epic of a gang of 108 outlaws. The woodcut, produced in July 1861 by the publisher Iseya Kanekichi (伊勢屋兼吉) and by the carver Matsushima Masakichi (松島彫政) , despite the right signs of aging, a small restoration in the upper left corner and a partial trimming of the margins, is in overall good conditions. See Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: https: //collections. mfa. org/objects/476743 and Waseda University: https: //archive. waseda. jp/archive/detail. html? arg={%22sub. DB_id%22: %2252%22,%22id%22: %22207331; 1%22}&lang=en The woodblock print will be well-packaged and shipped by registered mail with a tracking code.
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