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Ishikawa Toyonobu

1711–1785 · Japanese

Born
1711 · Tokyo
Died
1785

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Ishikawa Toyonobu was a Japanese ukiyo-e print artist. He is sometimes said to have been the same person as Nishimura Shigenobu, a contemporary ukiyo-e artist and student of Nishimura Shigenaga.

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Ishikawa Toyonobu (石川 豊信; 1711 – July 1, 1785) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print artist. He is sometimes said to have been the same person as Nishimura Shigenobu, a contemporary ukiyo-e artist and student of Nishimura Shigenaga about whom very little is known. A pupil of Nishimura Shigenaga, Toyonobu produced many monochrome "lacquer prints" (urushi-e) which reflected the influence of Okumura Masanobu as well. Many of these were yakusha-e (actor prints) and bijin-ga (images of beautiful women), including images of standing courtesans, whose faces conveyed an impassivity typical of the works of the Kaigetsudō school. Toyonobu also experimented with semi-nude forms, something his chief predecessors also did, but never succeeded in developing it into a trend or subgenre within ukiyo-e. Art historian Richard Lane points out that these images, depicting women with the top half of their kimono open and let down to reveal their chests, were intended as suggestive and erotic, and were not "glorification of the human form such as we find in Greek art". Later in his career, Toyonobu became one of the leading producers of color prints, chiefly benizuri-e ("rose prints"), but stopped producing ukiyo-e shortly after Suzuki Harunobu pioneered the full-color print (nishiki-e) in 1765. He had one notable pupil, Ishikawa Toyomasa, who is known chiefly for his depictions of children at play, and who may have been Toyonobu's son.

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Ishikawa Toyonobu, Segawa Kikunojō II

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Segawa Kikunojō II, 1758

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

40.3 × 17.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-227143

Ishikawa Toyonobu, The Actor Segawa Kichiji as a Daimyo's Young Son, and Sanogawa Ichimatsu as a Samurai Attendant

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Actor Segawa Kichiji as a Daimyo's Young Son, and Sanogawa Ichimatsu as a Samurai Attendant, ca. 1750

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

43.8 × 31.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263894

Ishikawa Toyonobu, The Actor Ishimura Kamezo Holding an Umbrella over the Actor Nakamura Kiyozo, as the Courtesan Matsuyama

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Actor Ishimura Kamezo Holding an Umbrella over the Actor Nakamura Kiyozo, as the Courtesan Matsuyama, 1748–1750

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

42.5 × 30.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263871

Ishikawa Toyonobu, The Actor Arashi Tominosuke (Standing) in the Role of Hyasakihime, and Ichimura Kamezo as Kanto Koroku

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Actor Arashi Tominosuke (Standing) in the Role of Hyasakihime, and Ichimura Kamezo as Kanto Koroku, probably January 1749

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

29.2 × 13.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263874

Ishikawa Toyonobu, Drama of Areshi Soga

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Drama of Areshi Soga, 1711–1785

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

30.8 × 14.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-244725

Ishikawa Toyonobu, The Actor Bandō Hikosaburo I in a Female Role

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Actor Bandō Hikosaburo I in a Female Role, 1711–1785

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

39.7 × 17.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-235424

Ishikawa Toyonobu, The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I Standing

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I Standing, ca. 1743

Woodblock print (hand colored); ink and color on paper

61 × 24.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-229684

Ishikawa Toyonobu, Young Lady in Summer Attire

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Young Lady in Summer Attire, ca. 1748

Woodblock print (hand colored); ink and color on paper

50.2 × 22.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-229682

Ishikawa Toyonobu, Three Actors

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Three Actors, 1750 or 1751

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

30.5 × 44.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-214906

Ishikawa Toyonobu, Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase, mid-1740s

color woodblock print

69.5 × 16.5 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-207060

Ishikawa Toyonobu, Young woman reading a letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Young woman reading a letter, 1711-1785

Full color, lacquer black, and slight gold on paper

61.5 × 27.2 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-125540

Ishikawa Toyonobu, A yujo and two understudies (kamuro)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

A yujo and two understudies (kamuro), 1711-1785

Full color, lacquer black, and gold on paper panel

103.7 × 51.6 cm

National Museum of Asian Art

C24-124983

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