About this artwork
These paired prints may be the left and center sheets of a triptych showing a dance sequence within a Kabuki play performed at the Nakamura Theater in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1773. It tells the story of a young warrior out viewing maple leaves at the height of autumn. He meets a beautiful stranger who is really a mountain demon in disguise. The actor portraying her is holding up a demon (hannya) mask.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Katsukawa Shunsho
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Title
- Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “Your Favorite Play: The Subscription List” (Gohiiki Kanjinchō)
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1768–1778
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Medium
- Color woodblock print; hosoban
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Dimensions
- 30.2 × 14.3 cm (11 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1925.2429
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/22032/manifest.json