Detail View: The AMICA Library: The actor Nakamura Noshio II as Tonase, in the bridal journey scene, act eight of the play Kanadehon Chushingura
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1925.2373
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Prints
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Creator Name:
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Katsukawa, Shun'ei
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Japanese; 1762-1819 Asia,East Asia,Japan
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Katsukawa Shun'ei
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Title:
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The actor Nakamura Noshio II as Tonase, in the bridal journey scene, act eight of the play Kanadehon Chushingura
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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Edo period, 1795
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Creation Start Date:
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1795
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Creation End Date:
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1795
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Materials and Techniques:
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Woodblock print.
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Classification Term:
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Woodblock
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Subject Description:
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Here we see the Kamigata (Kyoto-Osaka region) actor Nakamura Noshio II as Tonase, dressed for the bridal journey. As a woman of the samurai class, she wears a special headdress (tsuno-kakushi) to protect her hair from the dust of travel, and she carries a 'snake's eye' umbrella (janome-gasa). She also wears a pair of swords thrust through her sash, since she is acting in place of her samurai husband in this important family business. Shun'ei brings all his skills as a painter of beautiful women to this lovely design, arching the figure into a broad curve that fills the page. The face, which looks modestly down, has the thick, sensual eyelashes and slightly aquiline nose seen in his paintings, and the lines of the kimono, decorated with a pattern of snow-covered willow branches, drop in long, flowing strokes. The crimson sash and kimono lining (somewhat faded in the impression) provide a shock of color against the otherwise quietly elegant green robes and matte gray background. Off-center placing of the figure has the effect of making this gray space seem to resonate in some mysterious and compelling manner.
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Creation Place:
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Asia,East Asia,Japan
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Dimensions:
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Oban; 37.2 x 25.1 cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1925.2373
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Inscriptions:
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SIGNATURE Shun'ei ga
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E19849.TIF
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