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Triptych of blocade pictures. A man shown up from under blanket seems to assault a courtesan-like woman. From outside, another man is watching with a grimace face. However, the most important thing in this picture is the folding screen in the center. A seal of Kunichika is put on it as if it's a real artwork by him.
Good condition, color and impression
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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