Yanagawa Nobusada's signatures: "Yukinobu ga" (left) and "Nobusada ga" (right)Actor
Arashi Tomisaburô as
Daruma crossing the
Yangtze River on a reed, woodblock print by Yanagawa Nobusada, 1822
Yanagawa Nobusada was a designer of
ukiyo-eJapanese woodblock prints in
Osaka who was active from about 1822 to 1832. His teacher,
Yanagawa Shigenobu, gave him the name Yanagawa Yukinobu. A print from 1823 records the latter's name change from Yukinobu (雪信) to Nobusada (信貞).
References
Keyes, Roger S. & Keiko Mizushima, The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art,1973, 271.
Yanagawa Nobusada's signatures: "Yukinobu ga" (left) and "Nobusada ga" (right)Actor
Arashi Tomisaburô as
Daruma crossing the
Yangtze River on a reed, woodblock print by Yanagawa Nobusada, 1822
Yanagawa Nobusada was a designer of
ukiyo-eJapanese woodblock prints in
Osaka who was active from about 1822 to 1832. His teacher,
Yanagawa Shigenobu, gave him the name Yanagawa Yukinobu. A print from 1823 records the latter's name change from Yukinobu (雪信) to Nobusada (信貞).
References
Keyes, Roger S. & Keiko Mizushima, The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art,1973, 271.