Detail View: The AMICA Library: The actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao, in the shosagoto dance sequence 'Sono Utsushi-e Matsu ni Kaede' (A Shadow-Picture of Pine and Maple)

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1932.997
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Prints
Creator Name: 
Katsukawa, Shunsho
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Dates/Places: 
Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Name-CRT: 
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title: 
The actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao, in the shosagoto dance sequence 'Sono Utsushi-e Matsu ni Kaede' (A Shadow-Picture of Pine and Maple)
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
photographed with 1932.996
Creation Date: 
Edo period, 1772
Creation Start Date: 
1772
Creation End Date: 
1772
Materials and Techniques: 
Woodblock print. Diptych (left) (see also 1932.996)
Classification Term: 
Woodblock
Subject Description: 
The actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao, in the shosagoto dance sequence 'Sono Utsushi-e Matsu ni Kaede' (A Shadow-Picture of Pine and Maple), the last scene of part two of the play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake (Courtesan in an Over-Kimono of Maple Leaf Pattern), performed at the Morita Theater from the ninth day of the ninth month, 1772
Creation Place: 
Asia,East Asia,Japan
Dimensions: 
Hosoban; 32.3 x 15.0 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1932.997
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Inscriptions: 
SIGNATURE Shunsho ga
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E19700.TIF