COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1928.310
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Prints
Creator Name:
Katsukawa, Shunsho
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Dates/Places:
Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Name-CRT:
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title:
The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an unidentified role
Title Type:
preferred
View:
full view
Creation Date:
Edo period, Ca. 1785
Creation Start Date:
1785
Creation End Date:
1785
Materials and Techniques:
Woodblock print. Part of a multisheet print
Classification Term:
Woodblock
Subject Description:
Ichikawa Monnosuke II stands leaning forward, probably toward a figure on the next sheet of the diptych or triptych, his right arm held straight out from the shoulder and the hand brandishing a branch of autumn maple. His other hand grips the hilt of hissword. The background, patterned with bands of horizontal blue lines, is probably a curtain drawn across the stage between scenes.The colors of Monnosuke II's costume are brilliant and unfaded. His over-kimono is decorated with notched circles (representing snow) and dwarf bamboo leaves over a background of vertical stripes, and the actor has shrugged off the top of that robe to reveal a white kimono underneath, patterned with fern fronds and 'Genji emblems' (Genji ko).The Genji emblem on his robes suggests that Monnosuke II is enacting a member of the Genji clan in a historical play, possibly Otokoyama Furisode Genji (Genji in Long Sleeves at Mt. Otoko), performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month of 1785. ('The Actor's Image', 1994)
Creation Place:
Asia,East Asia,Japan
Dimensions:
Hosoban; 32.7 x 14.6 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1928.310
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Inscriptions:
SIGNATURE Shunko ga
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E19808.TIF
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