Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta Yoshihira. – Historic Print
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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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta Yoshihira.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta Yoshihira.
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This print is set at Naruto, the strait known for its violent whirlpools, and it shows the actor Saitō Kunitake in the role of Tada no Kurando Yukitsuna, with Akugenta Yoshihira named alongside him. Its four vertical sheets join into one continuous scene, a format used for dramatic stage pictures in the 1840s. Made in the late 1840s, the print belongs to the Edo-period tradition of kabuki actor portraits, which gave theatergoers and collectors a record of popular performers in their best-known roles.
| Created / published | [1847 or 1848] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (4 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.6 x 96.8 cm (whole image), 36.3 x 24.4 cm (far left panel), 36.3 x 24.7 cm (middle left panel), 36.6 x 23.2 cm (middle right panel), 36.3 x 24.5 cm (far 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 tetraptych. 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, p. 62-63. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Kunitake, Saitōgo. Yukitsuna, Tada Kurōda. Yoshihira, Akugenta. Actors--Japanese--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,587 × 4,453 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221951 |
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