COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1925.2402
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Prints
Creator Name:
Ippitsusai Buncho
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Dates/Places:
Japanese; fl. c.1755-1790 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Name-CRT:
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title:
The actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kikuchi Hyogo Narikage in the play Katakiuchi Chuko Kagami (Vendetta: A Model of Loyalty and Filial Duty)
Title Type:
preferred
View:
full view
Creation Date:
Edo period; 1770
Creation Start Date:
1770
Creation End Date:
1770
Materials and Techniques:
Woodblock print
Classification Term:
Woodblock
Subject Description:
Kabuki Nempyo describes Koshiro III appearing on this occasion in the guise of an old, white-haired man. He stands resolutely beside a stone lantern at the approach to a shrine, his sword drawn and an open umbrella over one shoulder. The costume consistsof a long black haori jacket over a lime green kimono decorated with purple panels bearing the actor's crest (mon). (Actor's Image, 1994)
Creation Place:
Asia,East Asia,Japan
Dimensions:
Hosoban: 12 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1925.2402
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Inscriptions:
SIGNATURE Ippitsusai Buncho gaARTIST'S SEAL Mori ujiThe hand-written inscription added to the top left-hand corner of the print identifies the subject as Kikuchi Hyogo, played by Matsumoto Koshiro III (later Ichikawa Danjuro V) at the Nakamura Theater inthe autumn of Meiwa 7 (I770).
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E19730.TIF
