Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune. – Vintage Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.
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The stage role here is an onnagyōja, a female ascetic, and the record links the figure to a character called Osada no Tarō Nagamune, with the actor named as Kunitake. The image is a three-sheet vertical oban triptych, a format Edo publishers used to show a full-length actor across the width of a single composition. Dated to about 1847 or 1848, late in the Tenpō era, it belongs to the large body of kabuki actor portraits that were sold to theatergoers as souvenirs of current productions. Such prints also reveal how costume, pose, and crest were used to signal a role to audiences of the time.
| Created / published | [1847 or 1848] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 35.5 x 73.6 cm (whole image), 34.9 x 24.3 cm (left panel), 35.1 x 24.8 cm (center panel), 35.5 x 24.5 (right panel) |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Triptych in 3 sections: left (2214a), center (2214b), right (2214c). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 30, p. 64-65. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Ukinaga, Kurgōda. Kunitake, Saitogo. Gyōja, Onna. Actors--Japanese--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,596 × 4,458 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221946 |
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