'Yoshitoshi's Actors with Snow, Moon, Flowers'

Yoshitoshi's 'Setsugekka no uchi' (8/1890)

Introduction

This page catalogs prints in Yoshitoshi's series 'Setsugekka no uchi (Snow, moon, and flowers)'.

This is a series of half-length portraits of actors, which was executed by Yoshitoshi near the end of his life. Considered among Yoshitoshi's best kabuki prints.

Technical details

Dates: 8/1890
Size: Oban triptych
Signed: Yoshitoshi ga
Seal: Yoshitoshi, Taiso
Publishers: Akiyama Buemon
Engraver: Hori Yu
Calligraphy: Katsurakaen Keika

Previous cataloguings

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, 1982

where it appears as series #517, and:

	Eric van den Ing, Robert Schaap, "Beauty and Violence: Japanese 		  
		Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892",    
		Havilland, Eindhoven, 1992

as series #69 (page 91, 146).

We use the Keyes numbers to order the prints below.

The Prints

To see a larger image of any print, please click on the thumbnail.

Thumbnail	Number	Date	Title	Description
	#01	8/1890	Snow. Onoe Baiko (Kikugorô V) as Iwakura Sôgen. Second state (second image as shown) titled "Iwakura Sôgen in the hermitage scene from Hanafubuki."
	#02	1890	Moon. Ichikawa Sanshô (Danjurô IX) as the pirate Kezori Kuemon.	Yoshitoshi is said to have spent 3 days carving Kuemon's hair and beard.
	#03	1890	Flowers. Ichikawa Sadanji as Gosho no Gorozô.