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From John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

  1. Oxherd Flutist by Kamisaka Sekka, Image 1.

    Kamisaka Sekka

    Oxherd Flutist, 1909-1910

    Color Woodblock

    11.7 x 17.64 in

  2. Osaka Actor by Hirosada, Image 1.

    Hirosada

    Osaka Actor, n. d.

    Woodblock

    6.875 x 9.625 in

  3. 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

  4. Pansy by Winifred Godfrey, Image 3.

    Winifred Godfrey

    Pansy, n. d.

    Lithograph

    20 x 26 in

  5. Orenogue by Jacques Villon, Image 1.

    Jacques Villon

    Orenogue, n. d.

    Etching

    5 x 7.5 in

  6. November by William Hamilton, Image 1.

    William Hamilton

    November, n. d.

    Engraving

    10 x 12.25 in

  7. October by William Hamilton, Image 1.

    William Hamilton

    October, n. d.

    Engraving

    10 x 12.25 in

  8. Osaka Actors Prints by Kunikagu, Image 1.

    Kunikagu

    Osaka Actors Prints, 1860's

    Woodblock

    9.5 x 7 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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