Focus on Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Satake Shinjuro and explain the Medium and genre.
As an Osaka-based artist, Shungyōsai Hokusei's works are categorized as kamigata-e (上方絵), a term used to distinguish prints produced in the Kamigata area (Kyoto and Osaka) from those produced in Edo. Gaining prominence about a century after the appearance of ukiyo-e in Edo, kamigata-e were predominantly kabuki-e (歌舞伎絵) (images of kabuki actors), and were almost entirely the work of amateur "talented kabuki fans" celebrating their favourite actors.Literally "kabuki pictures", kabuki-e began to be produced in Edo in the late seventeenth century. As kabuki grew in popularity, star actors emerged, which in turn led to yakusha-e (役者絵), a subgenre of kabuki-e in which actors were depicted individually, as in this print, or in pairs. These images appeared as single-sheet prints or in books of actor prints called yakusha ehon (役者絵本).
Edo ukiyo-e kabuki Kamigata Shungyōsai Hokusei ehon