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Re: Japanese Edo print and a curious fact
« Reply #15 on: November 17, 2019, 01:01:28 AM »
A painting, circa 1844, of another koma performer, Takezawa Toji, made by a well known artist, Utagawa Kuniyoshi:

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Re: Japanese Edo print and a curious fact
« Reply #16 on: November 17, 2019, 02:23:52 AM »
Who knew that dogs played with frisbees back then?? >:D
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Re: Japanese Edo print and a curious fact
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2020, 10:56:57 AM »
This beautiful Japanese print from 1844 is currently on auction:



The English translation I get is:

Title: Kyoku Koma Toji TAKEZAWA Fujitsugi (first generation)
painter, publisher, size, condition, production year, etc.
Kuniyoshiga
Yamaguchi version of
large-format Tatee paper 36.5 × 24.3 centimeters
1844 time (1844)
All prints exhibited in this shop are real Ukiyo-e prints
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Re: Japanese Edo print and a curious fact
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2020, 02:48:06 PM »
Another great print of Touji Takezawa made by Kuniyoshi Utagawa from 1844:


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Re: Japanese Edo print and a curious fact
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2020, 02:55:04 PM »
This is a second generation Takezawa, Fujiji, according to this link (although to me he looks the same as To(u)ji:

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Re: Japanese Edo print and a curious fact
« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2020, 03:03:51 PM »
One more of Touji Takezawa from this blog:



Interesting how he gets a very long streamer out of the koma!  :o
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Re: Japanese Edo print and a curious fact
« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2023, 12:27:40 PM »
This document is in very bad condition, but shows Takezawa Fujiji Hikifuda (by Ryogoku Hirokoji) according to the auction


I can see lots of koma. Unfortunately, it's difficult to figure out what it's going on. But you can see on the left a nice wire walker with two stacked komas.
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