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Japanese artist and painter
Examples of the signature of
Ashiyuki , the one on the right reading “Nagakuni”
Woodblock print by Gigadō Ashiyuki of
kabuki actor
Arashi Kikusaburō II in character
Gigadō Ashiyuki (戯画堂 芦幸 ) 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 .
Nagakuni
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.
Collections
His work is held in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the
Metropolitan Museum of Art ,
[1] the
Indianapolis Museum of Art ,
[2] the
Walters Art Museum ,
[3] the
Van Gogh Museum ,
[4] the
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ,
[5] the
Finnish National Gallery ,
[6] the Birmingham Museums,
[7] the
British Museum ,
[8] the
Philadelphia Museum of Art ,
[9] the
University of Michigan Museum of Art ,
[10] the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ,
[11] and the
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum .
[12]
References
Keyes, Roger S. & Keiko Mizushima, The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints , Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973, 261, 270.
Lane, Richard . (1978). Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
ISBN
9780192114471 ;
OCLC 5246796
Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints. Amsterdam: Hotei.
ISBN
9789074822657 ;
OCLC 61666175
Roberts, Laurance P. (1976). A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. New York: Weatherhill.
ISBN
9780834801134 ;
OCLC 2005932
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