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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 Sanogawa Ichimatsu II in an unidentified role Title Type: preferred View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1773 Creation End Date: 1774 Creation Date: Edo period, Ca. 1773-1774 Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan Object Type: Prints Classification Term: Woodblock Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print. Possibly the left-hand sheet of a diptych Dimensions: Hosoban; 31.0 x 14.8 cm Inscriptions: SIGNATURE Shunsho ga AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1925.2426 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Subject Description: Wearing a red striped apron and sporting a summer fan (nonfolding, called uchiwa) tucked into the sash at the back, Ichimatsu II seems to be playing a teahouse waitress or proprietress. Given the luxurious appearance of the over-kimono with its pattern of scattered fans floating on a stream, it is perhaps more likely that this is a well-to-do wife than a simple serving girl. The top part of the over-kimono has been slipped off the shoulders in preparation for work, to reveal a bright red under-kimono beneath, and the sash is a rich brocade of stylized sparrows or plover. Behind the woman a reed blind has been raised, revealing a room opening out onto a verandah, an arrangement typical of a restaurant, teahouse, or similar establishment .About the years 1772-1774 Shunsho's signature on actor prints acquired certain distinctive formal characteristics: the downward diagonal stroke on the right-hand side of the first character (shun) developed an ever more pronounced hook, and the final character (ga,'painted by') was written as a large square enclosing a smaller square that was bisected horizontally and vertically. During this period Ichimatsu II, who specialized in playing women and delicate-looking young men, appeared in many a domestic drama (sewamono) as 'the wife of so-and-so,' making it difficult to identify precisely the role depicted here. The print is quite possibly the left-hand sheet of a diptych; discovery of the missing right-hand sheet would assist in pinpointing the scene depicted.Like so many of Shunsho's figures, this dainty lady is caught in arrested movement, walking forward while turning to look back- a pose that curves the body into a slight, elegant arch. Her tiny hand is raised to her neck in a delicate, coquettish gesture. ('The Actor's Image', 1994) AMICA ID: AIC_.1925.2426 AMICA Library Year: 1999 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999 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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