Yamamura Koka – Actor Nakamura Ganjiro I as Akane Hanshichi

Original woodblock print. The first edition of this design was published in 1920. The current print was printed in the Heisei period (1989 – 2019).

Image size (excluding margins): 40.3 * 26.9 cm (15.9 * 10.6 in).

The print is in excellent condition.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Yamamura Koka (1885-1942) started as a painter but was noticed by famous woodblock print publisher Watanabe Shozaburo, who then published a number of prints of Yamamura Koka’s designs. After this more prints of Yamamura Koka were published by a society specifically created for this purpose by a group of supporters, or self-published with support by the society. Yamamura Koka excelled at portraits and his prints in this genre are among some of the best of the Shin-hanga movement.

An overview of the woodblock prints by Yamamura Koka can be found here.

See an overview of Yamamura Koka's woodblock prints