COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1932.1008
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AIC_.1932.1008
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Prints
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Prints
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Katsukawa, Shunsho
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Katsukawa, Shunsho
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
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Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
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Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Katsukawa Shunsho
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Katsukawa Shunsho
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
The actor Bando Matataro IV as Gempachibyoe in the play Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise (Snowflakes: Plum Blossom Kaomise)
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The actor Bando Matataro IV as Gempachibyoe in the play Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise (Snowflakes: Plum Blossom Kaomise)
Title
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Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
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View:
full view
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full view
View
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Creation Date:
Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1769
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Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1769
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1769
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1769
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1769
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1769
Creation End Date
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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
Classification Term
false
Creation Place:
Asia,East Asia,Japan
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Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Hosoban; 31.6 x 14.2 cm
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Hosoban; 31.6 x 14.2 cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1932.1008
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1932.1008
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Clarence Buckingham Collection
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The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
UNSIGNEDARTIST'S SEAL: Hayashi in jar-shaped outline
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UNSIGNEDARTIST'S SEAL: Hayashi in jar-shaped outline
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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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>
Rights
false
Context:
The short verse in white reserve against the faded blue background reads:Korede yabo nara (I may look boorish) Shokoto ga nai (but it can't be helped.)According to Kabuki records Gempachibyoe seems to have been a supporting character who appeared in at least three different guises: an official at a Shinto ceremony a runner for a messenger service (hikyaku) and a servant (yakko) who fights another servant with bales of rice straw. The costume does not establish which of these guises Shunsho is depicting but the poem seems to signify 'This may not be a very stylish disguise but I will triumph in the end.'Whatever the exact persona this is surely one of Shunsho's most powerful early designs full of barely controlled dynamism. All of the energy of the figure pours into the right arm which is locked in a defiant downward-pointing gesture a gesture echoed and reinforced by the lines of the right leg the scabbard and the soku mie pose of the legs. Even the face with its bright red 'streaked' (sujiguma) makeup is turned to scowl down the rigid line of the arm. A regular pattern of brilliant yellow spots is dazzling against the black costume and the printed white pigment of the kimono lining would have stood out much more prominently against the original unfaded blue background.Shunsho seems to have favored this strong pose of body and head turned in almost opposite directions since it appears in several of his early prints. It seems also to have been a conventional stage pose of the time.
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The short verse in white reserve against the faded blue background reads:Korede yabo nara (I may look boorish) Shokoto ga nai (but it can't be helped.)According to Kabuki records Gempachibyoe seems to have been a supporting character who appeared in at least three different guises: an official at a Shinto ceremony a runner for a messenger service (hikyaku) and a servant (yakko) who fights another servant with bales of rice straw. The costume does not establish which of these guises Shunsho is depicting but the poem seems to signify 'This may not be a very stylish disguise but I will triumph in the end.'Whatever the exact persona this is surely one of Shunsho's most powerful early designs full of barely controlled dynamism. All of the energy of the figure pours into the right arm which is locked in a defiant downward-pointing gesture a gesture echoed and reinforced by the lines of the right leg the scabbard and the soku mie pose of the legs. Even the face with its bright red 'streaked' (sujiguma) makeup is turned to scowl down the rigid line of the arm. A regular pattern of brilliant yellow spots is dazzling against the black costume and the printed white pigment of the kimono lining would have stood out much more prominently against the original unfaded blue background.Shunsho seems to have favored this strong pose of body and head turned in almost opposite directions since it appears in several of his early prints. It seems also to have been a conventional stage pose of the time.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E19647.TIF
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AIC_.E19647.TIF
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