Kobayashi Ikuhide
Kobayashi Ikuhide 小林幾英 (active c. 1880-1898)
BIOGRAPHY
Source: The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, Amy Reigle Newland, Hotei Publishing Company, 2005, p.505.
Tokyo print designer. A student of Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904), he produced a number of prints dealing with manners and customs, famous views (meishō), toy prints (as seen below), as well as war prints and kabuki actor prints.
Other art names (gagō): Hikitei (飛幾亭), Shinbitei (箴飛亭). Name sometimes seen as Utagawa Ikuhide (歌川幾英).
新板猫のたわむれ
New Edition, Cats at Play, 1884
36.5 x 23.5 cm
Portraying anthropomorphic cats engaging in various street performances such as acrobatics and lion dancing, with parent and child cats enthusiastically watching. The text contains lines of cat dialogue and musical notations in this lively and playful print.
Signatures and Seals Attributed to Artist
幾英画
Ikuhide ga
幾英筆
Ikuhide hitsu
unread seal 1890
unread
1881
幾英筆
Ikuhide hitsu 1890
小林幾英 Kobayashi Ikuhide
1891
幾英筆Ikudhide hitsu
1891
幾英筆Ikuhide hitsu
unread seal
1891
幾英筆
Ikuhide hitsu 1892 Toshidama seal
last revision:
11/4/2023
Prints in Collection
[BELOW PRINTS GIFTED TO THE JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON]
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Illustration of Royal Visit to Ueno Park Exhibition, 1890
IHL Cat. #512