Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae

Arts of Asia

About 1769

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章
Japanese, 1726-1792

The night sky provides a striking black backdrop for falling snow in this violent scene from the play The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree. Here, the old hag Karashi Baba is about to murder the defenseless Shirotae. This play, with its winter setting, was a popular Kabuki season opener performed in December.

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho
Title: Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae
Place: Japan (Object made in)
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.: Made 1769
Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban
Dimensions: 30.6 × 14.6 cm (12 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1925.2413
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