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Actor Hanayagi Shōtarō as Taki no Shiraito, from the series Gendai butai geika (Flowers of the Modern Stage)


Ōta Masamitsu, Actor Hanayagi Shōtarō as Taki no Shiraito, from the series Gendai butai geika (Flowers of the Modern Stage), 1954, color woodblock print on paper, Gift of Mrs. Fay Kramer, © unknown, research required, 91.48.1K

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Title

Actor Hanayagi Shōtarō as Taki no Shiraito, from the series Gendai butai geika (Flowers of the Modern Stage)

Related Titles

original language: 瀧の白糸 花柳章太郎

series (original language): 現代舞台芸華

series (translated): Flowers of the Modern Stage

series (transliterated): Gendai butai geika

Artist

Ōta Masamitsu (Japanese, 1892-1975)

Related People

printer: Miyake Kōshodō (Japanese, active ca. 1950)

Date

1954

Period

Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 14 3/4 in x 9 7/8 in; sheet: 16 5/8 in x 10 7/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

printer's mark: 三宅耕書堂摺刷, printed in black, within a rectangular cartouche, bottom margin, right Transliteration (Translation): Miyake Kōshodō shōsatsu (printed [by] Miyake Kōshodō) Language: Japanese

publisher's mark: 番蝶楼蔵版, printed in black, within a rectangular cartouche, bottom margin, right Transliteration (Translation): Banchōrō zōhan (copyright Banchōrō) Language: Japanese Description: Tokyo publisher Banchōrō active before World War II and into the 1950s.

title; series title: 現代舞台芸華 (11) 瀧の白糸 / 花柳章太郎丈, printed in black, bottom margin, left Transliteration (Translation): Gendai butai geika (11) Taki no Shiraito / Hanayagi Shōtarō-jō (Flowers of the Modern Stage, no. 11: Hanayagi Shōtarō [in the role of] Taki no Shiraito) Language: Japanese Description: The suffix 丈 (jō) after Hanayagi Shōtarō's name expresses respect for the actor.

artist's seal: , printed in red relief within rectangular cartouche, upper right, below signature Language: Japanese

signature: 雅光, printed in white, upper right Transliteration: Masamitsu [also pronounced Gakō] Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Modern Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Fay Kramer

Accession Number

91.48.1K

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

actors

Japanese woodblock prints

portraits

relief printing

relief prints

Showa

woodcuts

Description

Hanayagi Shōtarō (1894-1965) was an actor who flourished in Tokyo in the 1920s through 1950s. He led the revival of the Shinpa (New Faction) school of theater, which combined elements of traditional kabuki with modern and Western drama. A handsome man, he won popular acclaim as an actor in female roles on stage, but in later life he played male lead roles as well. He appeared in Mizoguchi Ken's famous 1939 film, Zangiku Monogatari in 1939, and is the subject of Yakusha shosetsu Hanayagi Shōtarō, written by his friend, the author Kawaguchi Shōtarō. In 1952 he became the head of a Shinpa troupe, and appeared many times with the group's female lead, Mizutani Yaeko. He was recognized by the Japanese government as a "Living National Treasure" for his artistic skills, and won numerous prizes. Hanayagi is depicted here as Taki no Shiraito (The Waterfall's White Thread), an itinerant female entertainer in Izumi Kyōka's play and film, Giketsu kyôketsu.

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2019 Dramatic Impressions: Japanese Actor Prints Portland Art Museum

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