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From John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

  1. Osaka Actor by Hirosada, Image 1.

    Hirosada

    Osaka Actor, n. d.

    Woodblock

    6.875 x 9.625 in

  2. Okawa Hashizo as Rokusa (「忠信人物集」) by Utagawa Kunimasu, Image 2.

    Utagawa Kunimasu

    Okawa Hashizo as Rokusa (「忠信人物集」)

    Woodcut

  3. Oil Lamp by Unknown, Image 3.

    Unknown

    Oil Lamp, n. d.

    Earthenware

    2.75 x 3.5 x 1.125 in

  4. Oil Lamp by Unknown, Image 3.

    Unknown

    Oil Lamp, n. d.

    Earthenware

    2.75 x 3.5 x 1.5 in

  5. Oil Lamp by Unknown, Image 2.

    Unknown

    Oil Lamp, n. d.

    Earthenware

    2.875 x 3.5 x 1.25 in

  6. Open Work Basket by Unknown, Image 1.

    Unknown

    Open Work Basket, n. d.

    Basketry

    5.5 x 3.25 in

  7. Oleander, Hawk Moth, and Caterpillar (Plate 9) by Unknown, Image 2.

    Unknown

    Oleander, Hawk Moth, and Caterpillar (Plate 9), n. d.

    Print

    6.625 x 4.25 in

  8. Old Mine Foundation by Louis Bassi Siegriest, Image 2.

    Louis Bassi Siegriest

    Old Mine Foundation, n. d.

    Ink

    13.25 x 16.5 in

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About the artist

Konishi Hirosada

Little about Hirosada's personal biography is known, such as the exact date of his birth and death. Also, his original name was Sadahiro, but in 1847, he switched the first and last four letters to Hirosada. The reason for the name change was to avoid censorship. It was also considered normal for Japanese artists to change their artist name every now and then. Hirosada was an Osaka-based designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints during the late Edo period. He possessed an unusually expressive and dynamic style, and was particularly known for his diptychs and triptychs, and for his okubi-e portraits of the leading actors of the Osaka school Kabuki theater during his day. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Japanese Kabuki theater was extremely popular and provided printmakers, such as Hirosada, with an abundance of commissions for actor prints. Kabuki prints had the main goal of advertising for new performances, theater programs, and fan posters.

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