Katsukawa Shunko / The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a mendicant monk in the joruri 'Midarezaki Hana no Irogoromo' (Colorful Cloth Profusely Flowered), from part two, act six of the play Keisei Ide no Yamabuki (Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide) (?) / Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the sixth day of the fifth month, 1787Katsukawa Shunko
The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a mendicant monk in the joruri 'Midarezaki Hana no Irogoromo' (Colorful Cloth Profusely Flowered), from part two, act six of the play Keisei Ide no Yamabuki (Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide) (?)
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the sixth day of the fifth month, 1787

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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 Onoe Matsusuke I as a mendicant monk in the joruri 'Midarezaki Hana no Irogoromo' (Colorful Cloth Profusely Flowered), from part two, act six of the play Keisei Ide no Yamabuki (Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide) (?)
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Creation Start Date: 1787
Creation End Date: 1787
Creation Date: Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the sixth day of the fifth month, 1787
Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan
Object Type: Prints
Classification Term: Woodblock
Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print.
Dimensions: Hosoba, part of a multisheet print; 31.5 x 13.9 cm
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1952.365
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Context: Onoe Matsusuke I, in the tattered brown robe and white loincloth of a mendicant monk (gannin bozu), stands bare-legged in the still-falling snow beneath a pine tree. In his outstretched right hand he holds a large jewel in a cloth, while with the other splayed hand he fends off a long sword (?) that thrusts in from outside the margins of the print. This is probably the left-hand sheet of a triptych, though the other two sheets have not yet been discovered.Similarities with the costume depicted in the illustrated program (ehon banzuke) suggest that this is the final (sixth) act in part two of the play Keisei Ide no Yamabuki, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fifth month of 1787 (see 'The Actor's Image' catalogue, fig.120.1, p.325). This scene was adance sequence (shosagoto joruri), 'Midarezaki Hana no Iro-goromo,' with onstage chanting provided by Tokiwazu Yamato-dayu? and his troupe of musicians. In this scene Matsusuke I played three roles, including the mendicant monk, described in Kabuki Nempyo as 'a priest of evil character' (showaru osho). Certainly his heavily stubbled face and narrowed eyes emphasized by makeup make him look both disreputable and malevolent, and Shunko clearly relished this opportunity to portray knavery.
AMICA ID: AIC_.1952.365
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998

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