Katsugawa Shunsho / The actors Sawamura Sojuro II as the Chinese sage Huangshi Gong, and Ichikawa Danzo III as the Chinese warrior Zhang Liang, in the finale of the play Otokayama Yunzei Kurabe (At Mt. Otoko, a Trial of Strength in Drawing the Bow) / Edo period, 1768

Katsugawa Shunsho
The actors Sawamura Sojuro II as the Chinese sage Huangshi Gong, and Ichikawa Danzo III as the Chinese warrior Zhang Liang, in the finale of the play Otokayama Yunzei Kurabe (At Mt. Otoko, a Trial of Strength in Drawing the Bow)
Edo period, 1768
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Creator Name: Katsugawa, Shunsho
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Active Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Name-CRT: Katsugawa Shunsho
Title: The actors Sawamura Sojuro II as the Chinese sage Huangshi Gong, and Ichikawa Danzo III as the Chinese warrior Zhang Liang, in the finale of the play Otokayama Yunzei Kurabe (At Mt. Otoko, a Trial of Strength in Drawing the Bow)
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Creation Start Date: 1768
Creation End Date: 1768
Creation Date: Edo period, 1768
Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan
Object Type: Prints
Classification Term: Woodblock
Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print.
Dimensions: Hosoban; 32.5 x 14.9 cm
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE Shunsho gaARTIST'S SEAL Hayashi in jar-shaped outline
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1925.2411
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Subject Description: After his failed attempt to assassinate the Qin dynasty emperor Shi Huangdi in 218 B.C., the warrior Zhang Liang (J: Choryo) went into hiding in Xiapei in Jiansu Province. There he was sought out by the sage Huangshi Gong (J: Koseki Ko) to lead a furthercampaign against the Qin tyrant. The meeting between the two became immortalized in legend. Huangshi Gong, travelling incognito as an old man on horseback, contrived to test Zhang Liang's character by dropping his shoe into the water as he crossed a small bridge. Zhang, sitting on the river bank, returned the shoe with such perfect courtesy that Huangshi presented him with a precious handscroll of secret military strategies. Zhang Liang became an early supporter of Liu Bang, instrumental in the overthrowof the Qin, and a general of great repute in the Han dynasty founded by Liu Bang. ('The Actor's Image', 1995)
AMICA ID: AIC_.1925.2411
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999

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