On the Yoshida Highway

Arts of Asia

c. 1685

Attributed to Sugimura Jihei
Japanese, active c. 1681–98

An actor playing Miyako no O Kuni, the originator of Kabuki who flourished in Kyoto in the early 1600s, is seated in an open second-floor room with an attendant. Ukiyo-no-suke, walking below, holds an umbrella over Kanto Koroku. This is likely a scene from an early drama. Though the roles are identified, neither the name of the play nor the identity of the actors is given.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Sugimura Jihei
Title: On the Yoshida Highway
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1681–1691
Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, vertical o-oban
Dimensions: 59.1 × 29.3 cm (23 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1925.1699
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