Detail View: The AMICA Library: The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a mendicant monk in the joruri 'Midarezaki Hana no Irogoromo' (Colorful Cloth Profusely Flowered), from part two, act six of the play Keisei Ide no Yamabuki (Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide) (?)
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1952.365
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Prints
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Creator Name:
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Katsukawa, Shunko
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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; 1743-1812 Asia,East Asia,Japan
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Katsukawa Shunko
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Title:
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The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a mendicant monk in the joruri 'Midarezaki Hana no Irogoromo' (Colorful Cloth Profusely Flowered), from part two, act six of the play Keisei Ide no Yamabuki (Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide) (?)
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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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Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the sixth day of the fifth month, 1787
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Creation Start Date:
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1787
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Creation End Date:
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1787
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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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Creation Place:
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Asia,East Asia,Japan
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Dimensions:
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Hosoba, part of a multisheet print; 31.5 x 13.9 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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1952.365
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Rights:
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Context:
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Onoe Matsusuke I, in the tattered brown robe and white loincloth of a mendicant monk (gannin bozu), stands bare-legged in the still-falling snow beneath a pine tree. In his outstretched right hand he holds a large jewel in a cloth, while with the other splayed hand he fends off a long sword (?) that thrusts in from outside the margins of the print. This is probably the left-hand sheet of a triptych, though the other two sheets have not yet been discovered.Similarities with the costume depicted in the illustrated program (ehon banzuke) suggest that this is the final (sixth) act in part two of the play Keisei Ide no Yamabuki, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fifth month of 1787 (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig.120.1, p.325). This scene was adance sequence (shosagoto joruri), 'Midarezaki Hana no Iro-goromo,' with onstage chanting provided by Tokiwazu Yamato-dayu? and his troupe of musicians. In this scene Matsusuke I played three roles, including the mendicant monk, described in Kabuki Nempyo as 'a priest of evil character' (showaru osho). Certainly his heavily stubbled face and narrowed eyes emphasized by makeup make him look both disreputable and malevolent, and Shunko clearly relished this opportunity to portray knavery.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E19809.TIF
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