COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1925.2372
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Prints
Creator Name:
Katsukawa, Shun'ei
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Dates/Places:
Japanese; 1762-1819 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Name-CRT:
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Title:
The dance interlude (shosagoto) 'Shinodazuma' (The Wife from Shinoda Forest)
Title Type:
preferred
View:
full view
Creation Date:
Edo period, Ca.1795
Creation Start Date:
1795
Creation End Date:
1795
Materials and Techniques:
Woodblock print.
Classification Term:
Woodblock
Subject Description:
Here Kuzunoha is shown dressed for the journey, with a walking cane and black lacquer travelling hat in her hand. This is the typical costume for a 'travel scene' (michiyuki) in Kabuki, which required of the actor a display of mimetic dancing (shosagoto). The overkimono is decorated with a design of autumn grasses, bush clover, and the clappers used to scare birds away from crops; one sleeve has been slipped off to reveal the pink kimono of sacred-jewel pattern beneath. The black obi, tied behind, has a figured design overprinted in mica, and is complemented by an additional bright scarlet sash hanging down in front. (The Actor's Image, 1994)
Creation Place:
Asia,East Asia,Japan
Dimensions:
Oban; 37.5 x 24.0 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1925.2372
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Inscriptions:
SIGNATURE Shun'ei ga
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E19846.TIF
