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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 Noshio I as the Fox-Wife from Furui, in a dance sequence (shosagoto) in part two of the play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu Title Type: preferred View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1772 Creation End Date: 1772 Creation Date: Performed at the Morita Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1772. (First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar) Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan Object Type: Prints Classification Term: Woodblock Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print. Dimensions: Hosoban; 32.5 x 15.0 cm Inscriptions: SIGNATURE: Shunsho ga AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1932.1023 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Context: Hands raised and curled over like the forepaws of a fox, Nakamura Noshio I is shown bounding in a lively dance in the snow before an old plum tree. His brilliant over-kimono, decorated with red and green chrysanthemums, has been thrown back to reveal a red under-kimono patterned with the flaming jewel (yakara no tama) that seems to be an object of dispute in the play. The trailing robes and the long brocade sash fly upward and outward to the rhythm of the dance. Japanese folklore endows foxes with the magical power to assume human form and so trick and seduce human beings. Sometimes, however, in their human guise they betray their true animal nature with such gestures as the hands raised like paws. Notice also that the fox-woman thinks nothing of dancingbarefoot in the snow.Kabuki Nempyo simply records, without further description, that Noshio I played the role of a female fox on this occasion. The illustrated program (ehon banzuke) for the performance, however, shows us a little more of what went on (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig. 61.1, p.181). Noshio I is shown in a similar fox pose, dancing around the yakara no tama jewel, which is placed on the ground. He is joined by Nakamura Daitaro, in the role of a manservant, Tochihei, doing a handstand. This is likely a comic part of the dance, with the fox-woman using her magic to put Tochihei through his paces. The theme of a fox-woman seeking to recover a famous jewel in a snow scene at Mt. Yoshino was later standardized into the dance sequence (shosagoto) 'Meoto-gitsune' (Fox-Husband and Fox-Wife).This print may relate to another of the same play, showing Nakamura Juzo II as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki standing in the snow under an umbrella, holding a spool of thread. Kabuki Nempyo records that Juzo II made his entrance following Noshio I as the fox-wife by means of a cord attached to her skirts. Perhaps he was out to trap the fox. AMICA ID: AIC_.1932.1023 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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