ōkubi-e
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An {{nihongo|ōkubi-e|大首絵|lead=yes}} is a Japanese portrait print or painting in the ukiyo-e genre showing only the head or the head and upper torso.{{cite web |title=Ōkubi-e |url=https://woodblock-print.eu/faq/glossary/93-okubi-e.html |website=Japanese Woodblock Print |access-date=17 June 2022 |language=en-gb}} Katsukawa Shunkō I (1743–1812) is generally credited with producing the first ōkubi-e. He, along with Katsukawa Shunshō, designed ōkubi-e of male kabuki actors. In the early-1790s, Utamaro designed the first ōkubi-e of beautiful women (bijin-ga ōkubi-e). The shogunate authorities banned ōkubi-e in 1800, but the ban was lifted after eight years.
Gallery
Large head portrait (okubi-e) of kabuki actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Tsurunosuke by Katsukawa Shunko I.JPG|Ōkubi-e of kabuki actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as Tsurunosuke, a woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunkō I
Kunimasa - taikan, The actor Ichikawa Ebizo in a shibaraku role, 1796.jpg| Woodblock print by Utagawa Kunimasa of kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō in a shibaraku role, 1796
Retrato de Ichikawa Yaozo III, Utagawa Kunimasa.jpg|Ichikawa Yaozo III as Umeōmaru, woodblock print by Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796
Toshusai Sharaku- Otani Oniji, 1794.jpg|Nakazō Nakamura II as Edobee, woodblock print by Sharaku, 1794
Kitagawa_Utamaro_ukiyo-e_woodblock_print.jpg|Print by Kitagawa Utamaro
Ase o fuku onna2.jpg|Woman Wiping Sweat, woodblock print by Utamaro, 1798
'Portrait of Hagiwara Sakutarô', woodblock print by Onchi Kôshirô, 1943, 1st edition, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.jpg|Portrait of Hagiwara Sakutarō, woodblock print by Onchi Kōshirō, 1943
References
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Further reading
- Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints. Amsterdam: Hotei. {{ISBN|9789074822657}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61666175 OCLC 61666175]
- Roberts, Laurance P. (1976). A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. New York: Weatherhill. {{ISBN|9780834801134}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2005932 OCLC 2005932]
- {{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=David |title=Ukiyo-e explained |date=2004 |publisher=Global Oriental |location=Folkestone, Kent |isbn=978-19-01-90341-6 |url=https://brill.com/view/title/19342 |access-date=17 June 2022 |language=en}}
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