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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: Bust portrait of the actor Onoe Matsusuke I, perhaps as Yodohachi the Cowherd in the joruri 'Shitenno Oeyama Iri' (The Four Great Retainers of Yorimitsu Go to Mt. Oe), from part two of the play Otokoyama Furisode Genji (Genji in Long Sleeves at Mt. Otoko) Title Type: preferred View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1785 Creation End Date: 1785 Creation Date: Performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1785 Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan Object Type: Prints Classification Term: Woodblock Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print. Dimensions: Hosoban; 36.3 x 14.9 cm Inscriptions: SIGNATURE: Shunko ga AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1962.985 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Context: Four hosoban bust portraits of this kind by Shunko are known. Each shows an actor identified by two poem slips (tanzaku) hanging from tree branches above his head, one slip bearing his 'house' name (yago) and the other his pen name (haimyo, literally 'poetry name'). 'Otowaya' and 'Sancho,' written on slips hanging from branches of a white plum, were house name and poetry name, respectively, of the actor Onoe Matsusuke I (1744-1815). He is wearing a plain cloth cap, his kimono and sleeveless jacket are both decorated with oak leaves, and he carries a short, stubby pipe. The oak-leaf pattern provides a clue to a possible identification of the role, since one of the other portraits from this group shows Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the legendary strong-boy Kintoki wearing a similar oakleaf-patterned costume, in the joruri 'Shitenno Oeyama Iri', from part two of the play Otokoyama Furisode Genji, performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month of 1785 (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig. 117.1, p.319). In this production Matsusuke I acted the role of Yodohachi the Cowherd.The pose, with the arm pointing one way and the head turned the other, suggests arrested movement, and the bushy eyebrows are drawn into a disdainful frown. Matsusuke I is depicted withthe same hooked nose and narrow eyes as in Shunko's portrait of 1780 (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, No. 113, p.310), and rather differently than in Shunsho's print showing the tor backstage and out of costume (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, No. 93, p.264).The purple and red of Matsusuke I's costume and cap have faded quite substantially, but no other impression is known. AMICA ID: AIC_.1962.985 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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