COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
mediaCollectionId
AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1938.487
amicoid
AIC_.1938.487
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
aly
1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Prints
oty
Prints
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Katsukawa, Shunsho
crn
Katsukawa, Shunsho
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
crc
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
cdt
Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Katsukawa Shunsho
crt
Katsukawa Shunsho
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a 'Shibaraku' role, probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the third scene of the play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress)
otn
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a 'Shibaraku' role, probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the third scene of the play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress)
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
ott
preferred
Title Type
false
View:
full view
rid
full view
View
false
Creation Date:
Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month,1777. (the so-called Red Danjuro)
oct
Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month,1777. (the so-called Red Danjuro)
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1777
ocs
1777
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1777
oce
1777
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Woodblock print.
omd
Woodblock print.
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Woodblock
clt
Woodblock
Classification Term
false
Creation Place:
Asia,East Asia,Japan
ocp
Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Hosoban; 29.0 x 13.4 cm
met
Hosoban; 29.0 x 13.4 cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
oon
The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
oop
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1938.487
ooa
1938.487
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
ooc
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
SIGNATURE: Shunsho ga
oin
SIGNATURE: Shunsho ga
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
orl
<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:
All but submerged in the voluminous sleeves of his persimmon red 'Shibaraku' (Stop right there!) costume, Danjuro V crouches like some fantastic predator about to strike.l Shunsho must have drawn actors in this famous role every year of his working life,but for this celebrated design he chose a deliberately unconventional viewpoint - Danjuro motionless at the start of the hanamichi walkway, silhouetted before the divided curtain bearing the large gingko-leaf crest of the Nakamura Theater. The octagonal border of the crest on the curtain serves to echo and amplify Danjuro's hunched silhouette, reflecting an inspired, even playful, sense of design.This print seems to belong to a set of three showing leading actors in opening-of-the-season (kaomise) productions of the years 1777 and 1778, each standing before a curtain bearing the crest of one of the three Kabuki theaters of Edo. The second print of this putative series shows Ichimura Uzaemon IX in a formidable frontal pose, in a 'Shibaraku' role at the Ichimura Theater in 1778 (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig. 84.1, p.243); the third shows Ichikawa Danzo IV as Mashiba Tokichiro, in formal kamishimo (surcoat and long trousers) and holding a mirror, at the Morita Theater in 1777 (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig. 84.2, p.243). The complementary poses of the figures even suggest that the three prints might be viewable as a triptych, with Danjuro V on the left, Uzaemon IX in the center, and Danzo IV on the right. It was typical of Shunsho's ever inventive approach to print making that he produced such compositionally striking designs, designs which managed, moreover, to glorify the actors and advertise the theaters at one and the same time.Danjuro V played the 'Shibaraku' role in kaomise productions in both 1777 and 1779. It has been suggested that the form of Shunsho's signature makes the earlier date more likely for this print, and this would seem to be confirmed by the dating of the other two designs in the set. An illustrated program (ehon banzuke) for the 1777 performance shows Danjuro V in a similar hunched pose, though not in strict profile (see'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig. 84.3, p.243).The Chicago impression has been trimmed, particularly at the top, where the stitched loops of the curtain are no longer visible. The blue of the curtain has faded to pale buff.
cxd
All but submerged in the voluminous sleeves of his persimmon red 'Shibaraku' (Stop right there!) costume, Danjuro V crouches like some fantastic predator about to strike.l Shunsho must have drawn actors in this famous role every year of his working life,but for this celebrated design he chose a deliberately unconventional viewpoint - Danjuro motionless at the start of the hanamichi walkway, silhouetted before the divided curtain bearing the large gingko-leaf crest of the Nakamura Theater. The octagonal border of the crest on the curtain serves to echo and amplify Danjuro's hunched silhouette, reflecting an inspired, even playful, sense of design.This print seems to belong to a set of three showing leading actors in opening-of-the-season (kaomise) productions of the years 1777 and 1778, each standing before a curtain bearing the crest of one of the three Kabuki theaters of Edo. The second print of this putative series shows Ichimura Uzaemon IX in a formidable frontal pose, in a 'Shibaraku' role at the Ichimura Theater in 1778 (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig. 84.1, p.243); the third shows Ichikawa Danzo IV as Mashiba Tokichiro, in formal kamishimo (surcoat and long trousers) and holding a mirror, at the Morita Theater in 1777 (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig. 84.2, p.243). The complementary poses of the figures even suggest that the three prints might be viewable as a triptych, with Danjuro V on the left, Uzaemon IX in the center, and Danzo IV on the right. It was typical of Shunsho's ever inventive approach to print making that he produced such compositionally striking designs, designs which managed, moreover, to glorify the actors and advertise the theaters at one and the same time.Danjuro V played the 'Shibaraku' role in kaomise productions in both 1777 and 1779. It has been suggested that the form of Shunsho's signature makes the earlier date more likely for this print, and this would seem to be confirmed by the dating of the other two designs in the set. An illustrated program (ehon banzuke) for the 1777 performance shows Danjuro V in a similar hunched pose, though not in strict profile (see'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig. 84.3, p.243).The Chicago impression has been trimmed, particularly at the top, where the stitched loops of the curtain are no longer visible. The blue of the curtain has faded to pale buff.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E19761.TIF
ril
AIC_.E19761.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false