COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
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
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E19710.TIF
