Bidspirit auction | Kokunimasa, Kabuki Actors, Suikoden, Irezumi-e

Kokunimasa, Kabuki Actors, Suikoden, Irezumi-e - Artist: Kokunimasa Utagawa (1848-1920) Title: Kabuki Actors in Suikoden Publisher: Kodama Matashichi Date: 1891 Size: (L) 37.0 x 25.0, (C) 37.1 x 25.0, (R) 37.0 x 25.0 Condition: Some creases and thin areas, minor paper residue on the edges, pigment transfer. Suikoden (Water Margin) is a 14th century Chinese novel about 108 rebels and heroic bandits, very popular in Japan those days. The characters were also outlaws and brigands, seen as men of honour who would rebel against bureaucracy, a Robin-Hood-like band that made the story of a revolutionary novel with implications resenting the authority of the time. Many Japanese novels imitating the Suikoden were dramatised as Kabuki plays. Ref: JG0221YA20