Detail View: The AMICA Library: The actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the joruri 'Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki' (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight)

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1939.2169
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 Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the joruri 'Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki' (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight)
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
full view
Creation Date: 
Edo period, 1774
Creation Start Date: 
1774
Creation End Date: 
1774
Materials and Techniques: 
Woodblock print. Diptych
Classification Term: 
Woodblock
Subject Description: 
The actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the joruri 'Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki' (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight), from part two of the play O-atsurae-zome Soga no Hinagata (A SogaPattern Dyed to Order), performed at the Nakamura Theater from the tenth day of the third month, 1774
Creation Place: 
Asia,East Asia,Japan
Dimensions: 
Hosoban diptych; each sheet approx. 28.2 x 13.3 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1939.2169
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Inscriptions: 
SIGNATURE Shunsho ga
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E19710.TIF