The actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Hitachi in part two of the play Wada Sakamori Osame no Mitsugumi (Wada's Carousal: The Last Drink With a Set of Three Cups)

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The AMICA Library

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AMICA ID:

AIC_.1925.2405

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AIC_.1925.2405

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AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

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Object Type:

Prints

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Prints

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Creator Name:

Ippitsusai Buncho

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Ippitsusai Buncho

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Creator Nationality:

Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese

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Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese

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Creator Dates/Places:

Japanese; fl. c.1755-1790 Asia,East Asia,Japan

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Japanese; fl. c.1755-1790 Asia,East Asia,Japan

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Creator Name-CRT:

Ippitsusai Buncho

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Ippitsusai Buncho

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Title:

The actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Hitachi in part two of the play Wada Sakamori Osame no Mitsugumi (Wada's Carousal: The Last Drink With a Set of Three Cups)

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The actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Hitachi in part two of the play Wada Sakamori Osame no Mitsugumi (Wada's Carousal: The Last Drink With a Set of Three Cups)

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Title Type:

preferred

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View:

full view

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full view

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Creation Date:

Edo period, 1771

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Edo period, 1771

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Creation Start Date:

1771

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1771

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Creation End Date:

1771

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1771

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Materials and Techniques:

Woodblock print.

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Woodblock print.

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Classification Term:

Woodblock

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Woodblock

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Subject Description:

Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the ninth day of the second month, 1771. Kikunojo II is depicted as a high-ranking courtesan making a formal progress in the Yoshiwara pleasure district, escorted in front by a maid or manservant carrying a large collapsible lantern and behind by a parasol bearer. Neither of these boorish types is actually shown in the print, however, so as not to distract from the beauty of the courtesan. On the lantern, which would normally carry the emblem of the house of pleasure to which the woman belonged, appears the personal acting crest (mon) of Kikunojo II-a tied bundle of floss silk (yuiwata). The lavish brocade over-kimono (uchikake) is decorated with chrysanthemums (kiku) in baskets-a pointed reference to Kikunojo II's name-and the obi bears a novel design of fish swimming among water weeds. ('The Actor's Image', 1994)

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Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the ninth day of the second month, 1771. Kikunojo II is depicted as a high-ranking courtesan making a formal progress in the Yoshiwara pleasure district, escorted in front by a maid or manservant carrying a large collapsible lantern and behind by a parasol bearer. Neither of these boorish types is actually shown in the print, however, so as not to distract from the beauty of the courtesan. On the lantern, which would normally carry the emblem of the house of pleasure to which the woman belonged, appears the personal acting crest (mon) of Kikunojo II-a tied bundle of floss silk (yuiwata). The lavish brocade over-kimono (uchikake) is decorated with chrysanthemums (kiku) in baskets-a pointed reference to Kikunojo II's name-and the obi bears a novel design of fish swimming among water weeds. ('The Actor's Image', 1994)

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Creation Place:

Asia,East Asia,Japan

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Asia,East Asia,Japan

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Dimensions:

Hosoban; 31.7 x 14.3 cm

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Hosoban; 31.7 x 14.3 cm

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AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

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Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

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ID Number:

1925.2405

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1925.2405

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Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection

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The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Inscriptions:

A hand-written inscription in the top right-hand corner of the print identifies for us the actor and role: Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Hitachi in a performance at the Ichimura Theater in the spring of Meiwa 8 (1771). ("The Actor's Image, 1994")

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A hand-written inscription in the top right-hand corner of the print identifies for us the actor and role: Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Hitachi in a performance at the Ichimura Theater in the spring of Meiwa 8 (1771). ("The Actor's Image, 1994")

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Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

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