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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Katsukawa, 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: Katsukawa Shunsho Title: The actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in the role of a chivalrous commoner (otokodate) Title Type: preferred View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1768 Creation End Date: 1770 Creation Date: 1768/70 Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan Object Type: Prints Classification Term: Woodblock Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print. Dimensions: Hosoban; 32.3 x 14.5 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: 1939.580 Credit Line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Context: Stripped to the waist and brandishing his sword, Sukegoro II has clambered up among the fresh green tresses of a willow overhanging a river. His kimono is still tied around his waist, but he has pushed it behind him for greater mobility. Grasping a branch for balance, he manages a fierce stage pose (mie) in what is presumably a scene of nighttime ambush (implied by the dark blue of the sky and the fact that such attacks generally occurred at night).The complexity of the style and the combination of this particular form of Shunsho's signature with the jar-shaped Hayashi seal suggest that the print was issued between 1768 and 1770. Suzuki has suggested that the nearly bare body and cooling river setting imply a summer performance, but he is unable to identify the scene with any role recorded for Sukegoro II in the summers of these years. A similar pose is depicted in the illustrated program (ehon banzuke) for the play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga (Mirror Pond: Vestiges of Soga), performed at the Nakamura Theater at the New Year in 1770, in which Sukegoro II (as Dozaburo) is set upon by two ruffians played by Nakamura Konozo and Bando Zenji I (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig. 38.1, p.127). The settings, however, are very different and as Suzuki has further pointed out, this pose was part of Sukegoro II's acting style and was employed by him in many different roles A picture book of actors in characteristic mie, Himo Kagami, published in 1771, describes it as follows: ' . . . a stage pose in which he half raises his hips, bends his elbow, and twists his body' - precisely the attitude we see here.The contrast between the gracefully curving willow fronds and the assertive angularity of Sukegoro II's posture makes this a particularly satisfying design, even further enhanced by the sharp clarity and fresh, unfaded colors of this impression. AMICA ID: AIC_.1939.580 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998 AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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