"Picture Book Stage Fan" - Picture Book Stage Fan

…Together with Katsukawa Shunsho, he tried to incorporate portraiture into his portrayals of actors, breaking away from the stereotypical style of the Torii school. His collaborative work with Shunsho, Ehon Butai Ogi (1770), which depicts a bust of a Kabuki actor framed in a fan-shaped frame, is a monumental achievement. He also excelled in portraits of beautiful women, and is known for such masterpieces as the set of woodblock prints Thirty-six Flowers and the hand-painted Kasamori Osen Chayazu (owned by the Idemitsu Museum of Arts). …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ehon Stage Fan" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…勝川春章とともに役者絵に似顔絵表現を取り入れるべく努め，鳥居派の類型的作風から脱した。歌舞伎役者の半身像を扇面形の枠内に収めた春章との合作《絵本舞台扇》(1770)は，その記念的成果である。また美人画にもすぐれ，版画の揃物《三十六花撰》や肉筆画《笠森お仙茶屋図》(出光美術館蔵)などの傑作が知られる。…

※「《絵本舞台扇》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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