cluckdaddy76 Posted July 23 Report Posted July 23 It took about a month and today I received the call to pick up my rice paper print from my frame shop. It is not in perfect condition , but it is an original. I would appreciate any knowledge on this piece, it was one of the other items in a large collection I came into all at once. The guy at the framing store was actually excited to frame this one. He had a couple other prints at the store from someone else to frame when I stopped in to pick mine up. He laughed when I saw them and told me they were tourist reprints, even though people still pay decent money to get them set. Jason 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted July 23 Report Posted July 23 Did you choose the frame, Jason? A page out of a book? Famous Kabuki actors? A winter (February) scene of a 55-yr-old travelling samurai wearing a cloak. In a shop? (Just guessing from circumstantial evidence!) Quote
cluckdaddy76 Posted July 23 Author Report Posted July 23 This was the only print that came with the collection I inherited. It was in a junk frame, so I decided to put it in a decent quality one with UV protection glass. The framer who helped me wanted to make it a floating piece, so I needed to pick out a thicker frame. I did choose the frame design. The pic does not portray the floating part well; it looks better in person. I figured it was worth preserving and would look good on my wall. It has a special backing on it to help preserve it from deteriorating and the off gassing that happens with this rice paper. Jason Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted July 24 Report Posted July 24 A memorial portrait of Kabuki actors Nakamura Utaemon IV and Ichimura Takenojo V 1851/1852 Can't trace the artist 3 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted July 24 Report Posted July 24 Check out: Kaseiin Kanjaku Nikko Shinji is the kaimyô or posthumous buddhist name of this actor. Mortuary poem: In the sky of the second month the sadness of the sparrow's flight remains https://jpsearch.go.jp/item/arc_nishikie-JA13029 https://www.bing.com/search?q=歌成院光信士&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&lq=0&pq=歌成院光信士&sc=0-6&sk=&cvid=D54E03FAACC24C8187EBE0448FBCD1C6&ajf=10 1 Quote
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