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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, Shunko Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: Japanese; 1743-1812 Asia,East Asia,Japan Creator Active Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan Creator Name-CRT: Katsukawa Shunko Title: The actor Otani Hiroemon III as Osada no Zenjo Kagemune in the play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu (First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar) 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 Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan Object Type: Prints Classification Term: Woodblock Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print. Dimensions: Hosoban; 30.5 x 14.4 cm Inscriptions: SIGNATURE: Shunko gaARTIST'S SEAL: Ki in jar-shaped outline AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1939.873 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Frederick W. Gookin Collection Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Context: In the present print, by Shunko, Otani Hiroemon III as the villain Osada no Zenjo Kagemune is searching for the jewel. Beneath a pine tree at night Hiroemon III stands in the classic soku mie pose, legs stifily straight and heels together. His sharp features scowl, and one arm, freed from the surcoat of his formal kamishimo robes, brandishes a sickle ominously. A further illustration in the program shows him kneeling, holding the same sickle and wearing a straw raincoat over his kimono (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig.107.1, p.296).This is one of the earliest known theatrical prints by Shunko, one of a small number bearing beneath the signature a jar-shaped seal containing the character ki (tree), in imitation of Shunsho's hayashi (two trees) seal. Not until 1776 does Shunko appear to have designed theatrical prints regularly. It is not surprising that at this early point in his career he should imitate his teacher Shunsho's style so closely. It is remarkable that he is in this print so nearly histeacher's artistic equal, as attested by comparison with Shunsho's similar portrait of Hiroemon III from the following year. AMICA ID: AIC_.1939.873 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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