Detail View: The AMICA Library: The actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left)

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1937.179
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 actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left)
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
full view
Creation Date: 
Edo period, 1781
Creation Start Date: 
1781
Creation End Date: 
1781
Materials and Techniques: 
Woodblock print
Classification Term: 
Woodblock
Subject Description: 
The actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left) in the elopement scene 'Michiyuki Segawa no Adanami' (An Elopement: Treacherous Waves in the Shallow River), a dance interlude from part two of the playKabuki no Hana Bandai Soga (Flower of Kabuki: The Eternal Soga), performed at the Ichimura Theater from the twentyfifth day of the fourth month, 1781
Creation Place: 
Asia,East Asia,Japan
Dimensions: 
Aiban; 32.5 x 21.6 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1937.179
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Inscriptions: 
Sign: Shunsho ga
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E19770.TIF