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Category Archives: Otokodate
Tales Of Old Japan
The new selection of prints online at Toshidama Japanese Prints takes inspiration from a book published by an English aristocrat in 1871. They are a random collection of folk tales, myths and stories from before the great modernisation of Japan … Continue reading
Kabuki All Stars, #2 Danshichi
Download this Danshichi Kabuki card as a PDF by clicking this link.
Bandits and Warlords. Fighting men in Japanese prints.
The Toshidama Gallery is showing a collection of prints featuring aggressive and violent folk heroes and warlords. The selection looks at how the populace of Edo expressed their frustration with the government and with the increasingly corrupt samurai class. As … Continue reading
Posted in Asian Art, Floating World, Japanese Art, Japanese gangster, Japanese prints, japanese woodblock prints, kabuki theatre, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Male Tragedy, Otokodate, Suikoden, yoshitoshi
Tagged Benten, Edo Japan, Five Men of Naniwa, Japanese Execution, samurai, Soga Brothers, Suikoden, Water Margin, Yoshitoshi
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Bandits, Brigands and Warlords.
Kuniyoshi, The 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden: Du Qian, the Sky Toucher, 1827 Perhaps we should look at these tremendous Japanese prints of fighting men – heroic or tragic figures… bound as they are in myth and history – … Continue reading
Posted in Hokusai, Japanese prints, japanese woodblock prints, kabuki theatre, Kuniyoshi, musha-e, Otokodate, ukiyo-e, Uncategorized, yoshitoshi
Tagged 108 Suikoden, Five Men of Naniwa, Hokusai, Japanese prints, Japanese prints for sale, Kabuki, kuniyoshi, musha-e, otokodate, samurai, Ukiyo-e, Yoshitoshi
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Toshidama Gallery… A Print per Day – Kunisada
Toyokuni III (1786-1865) Nakamura Shikan IV from the series Matches for Six Selected Flowers : Begonia, c 1863. The feature of this great actor print by Kunisada is the tattoo that he skilfully shows beneath his shirt. The print is … Continue reading
Dekiyo-e – The Horror, The Horror!
Alex Faulkner interviewed by Chris Bucklow. Alex Faulkner is the creative director of the Toshidama Gallery and an expert on nineteenth century Japanese prints. Alex is also a practising artist. Christopher Bucklow is an artist of international standing and an … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Bucklow, Floating World, Impressionist Art, Japanese prints, japanese woodblock prints, kabuki theatre, Kunichika, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Otokodate, Paul Gauguin, Shunga, ukiyo-e, ukiyo-e art, Uncategorized, Utamaro, Van Gogh
Tagged Chris Bucklow, Dekiyo-e, floating world, Japanese prints, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kabuki, Kunichika, Kunisada, kuniyoshi, otokodate, Shunga, Shunsho, Ukiyo-e, Utamaro
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Hair of the Dog… Japanese Hairstyling in History
Here is a really great Japanese woodblock print… it depicts an actor playing the role of Moriguchi Kuro, a hero from the great Japanese novel Hakkenden inu no soshi no uchi (The Story of the Eight Dog Heroes). Everything about … Continue reading
Otokodate – Black Sheep of the Floating World
It’s easy to use a phrase over and over without ever really thinking about it or explaining it in any great detail. The word Otokodate is one such instance and I … Continue reading
Posted in Clint Eastwood, Floating World, Japanese Art, Japanese prints, japanese woodblock prints, kabuki theatre, Kunichika, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Otokodate, Toshidama Gallery., ukiyo-e art
Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Clint Eastwood, fistful of dollars, floating world, japanese art, Japanese prints, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kabuki, Kunisada, kuniyoshi, otokodate, samurai, Seven Samurai, Toshidama Gallery, Toyohara Kunichika, Ukiyo-e
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