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These are pieces taken the title from "Shishimono" or "Ishibashimono" in which a monk saw a lion danse playing with peony in Mt. Seiryo in China he was traveling. Actors disguised in lions are enthusiastically dansing around, particularlly, the white lion raising the right hand with a flower and strongly spreading the left arm is so strong and touch our heart. The elaborate depiction carefully drawing even a hair and fingertip is so impressive.
Crease, stains, and small holes/tears/wears.
Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900) was a Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama led to his production primarily of ukiyo-e actor-prints, which are woodblock prints of kabuki actors and scenes from popular plays of the time. An alcoholic and womanizer, Kunichika also portrayed women deemed beautiful (bijinga), contemporary social life, and a few landscapes and historical scenes. He worked successfully in the Edo era, and carried those traditions into the Meiji era. To his contemporaries and now to some modern art historians, this has been seen as a significant achievement during a transitional period of great social and political change in Japan's history.
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