Gigadō Ashiyuki
Illustration — Examples of the signature of Ashiyuki, the one on the right reading “Nagakuni” • Illustration — Woodblock print by Gigadō Ashiyuki of kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II in character Gigadō Gigadō Ashiyuki was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka, who was active from about 1813 to 1833. He was a pupil of Asayama Ashikuni, and was also a haiku poet. Ashiyuki is best known for his ōban sized (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters), prints of kabuki actors, although he also illustrated books, and designed surimono.
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Illustration — Examples of the signature of Ashiyuki, the one on the right reading “Nagakuni” • Illustration — Woodblock print by Gigadō Ashiyuki of kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II in character Gigadō Gigadō Ashiyuki was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka, who was active from about 1813 to 1833. He was a pupil of Asayama Ashikuni, and was also a haiku poet. Ashiyuki is best known for his ōban sized (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters), prints of kabuki actors, although he also illustrated books, and designed surimono.
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Gigadō Ashiyuki (born 1750) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist, of Japanese nationality. The painter worked in Osaka. Works are held at Cleveland Museum of Art, National Museum of World Cultures and Rijksmuseum, among others.
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Nagakuni
The distinct Osaka and Edo styles of yakusha-e derived in part from their different acting traditions: Ichikawa Danjūrō I (1660–1704) developed the aragoto style typical of Edo acting, with extraordinary characters of prodigious strength and courage suited to the temperament of the shogunate's military capital, while Sakata Tōjūrō I (1647–1709), performing in the merchant city of Osaka, developed a style combining gentle, nuanced sensuality with a refined and rather effeminate persona.
Gigadō Ashiyuki used the name "Nagakuni" (長国) from about 1814 to 1821. There is another Osaka printmaker who in known as either Shūei Nagakuni or as Naniwa Nagakuni. This latter artist was a student of Nagahide and was active from about 1814 to the 1820s.
Pupils
Ashiyuki was a significant figure in Kamigata printmaking, in no small part because of his influence as a teacher. His pupils included Ashifune (d. 1818), Ashiharu (active 1823–1824), Ashihiro (active 1816–1824), Ashikiyo (active 1814–1816), Ashimaro, Ashimaru (later known as Jukōdō Yoshikuni), Ashinuki (active 1816–1818), Ashisato (active 1800–1816), Ashitaka (active around 1817), and Ashitomo (active 1814–1817).
Collections
His work is held in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Finnish National Gallery, the Birmingham Museums, the British Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.
Arashi Kitsusaburō II as Kajiwara Heiji, in the play Hiragana Seisuiki
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- 1.Milone, Marco. Ukiyo-e. L'Erudita. 348. 2022. 9788867707270.
- 2.Milone, Marco. Ukiyo-e. L'Erudita. 351. 2022. 9788867707270.
- 3.Arashi Rikan II as Miyamoto Musashi. The Met.
- 4.Ichikawa. Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection.
- 5.Ichikawa Ichizo II as Sakata Zohachi, Sawamura Tanosuke II as Hana no ya Yaegiri. The Walters Art Museum.
- 6.けいせいかづらき あらし 富美三郎 [二枚続きのうち左] - Van Gogh Museum. vangoghmuseum-prod.azurewebsites.net.
- 7.Nakamura Utaemon as Ishikawa Goemon and Arashi Rikan as Gengoro - Ashiyuki. FAMSF Search the Collections. 2015-05-08.
- 8.Finnish National Gallery - Work: The Actor Arashi Kitsusaburo II Playing the Role of Kajiwara Heiji. www.kansallisgalleria.fi.
- 9.Nakamura Utaemon as a Samurai with a Body Hidden in his Kimono. www.birminghammuseums.org.uk.
- 10.print British Museum. The British Museum.
- 11.Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Arashi Kitsusaburō (II) as Suzuki Magoichi. www.philamuseum.org.
- 12.Exchange: Bandô Tomisaburô as Princess Katsura, seated by a waterfall. exchange.umma.umich.edu.
- 13.Actors Sawamura Kunitarô II as Ushiwakamaru (R) and Arashi Kitsusaburô II as Kumasaka Chôhan (L). collections.mfa.org.
- 14.The Actor Nakamura Karoku as Takao Gigado Ashiyuki Profile of Works. TOKYO FUJI ART MUSEUM.
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