Utagawa's Lifetime Masterpiece, from the Japanese version of the Shuihu Zhuan 1863 (5th month) Utagawa Kunisada Japanese The Chinese vernacular novel known as the Shuihu Zhuan (Suikoden in Japanese), relating the adventures of the 108 heroes of Liangshan, became enormously popular in nineteenth-century Japan, and many Japanese novels imitating the Shuihu Zhuan were dramatized as Kabuki plays. Here, Kunisada has depicted ten major Kabuki actors in roles from a play by Yagura Utagawa's Lifetime Masterpiece, from the Japanese version of the Shuihu Zhuan. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 178
Utagawa's Lifetime Masterpiece, from the Japanese version of the Shuihu Zhuan 1863 (5th month) Utagawa Kunisada Japanese The Chinese vernacular novel known as the Shuihu Zhuan (Suikoden in Japanese), relating the adventures of the 108 heroes of Liangshan, became enormously popular in nineteenth-century Japan, and many Japanese novels imitating the Shuihu Zhuan were dramatized as Kabuki plays. Here, Kunisada has depicted ten major Kabuki actors in roles from a play by Yagura Utagawa's Lifetime Masterpiece, from the Japanese version of the Shuihu Zhuan. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1864). Japan. 1863 (5th month). Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615–1868). Prints
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