Sakata Sajūrō I as a Samurai’s Manservant

Arts of Asia

c.1770

Ippitsusai Bunchō
Japanese, active c. 1755-90

The black sky in this image is a perfect backdrop for the weather. Here the driving rain pours down on a manservant who has just sliced in half the lantern hanging from the pine tree above him. As with many prints depicting Kabuki actors, we cannot identify the character or the play he comes from.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Ippitsusai Buncho
Title: Sakata Sajūrō I as a Samurai’s Manservant
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.: 1763–1775
Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban
Dimensions: 31.2 × 13.9 cm (12 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1928.999
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