Nakamura Ganjirô I as Kamiya Jihei
Ōta Masamitsu, Nakamura Ganjirô I as Kamiya Jihei, 1955, color woodblock print on paper, Gift of Mrs. Fay Kramer, © unknown, research required, 91.48.2J
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- Title
Nakamura Ganjirô I as Kamiya Jihei
- Related Titles
series title: Showa butai sugata (Figures of the Showa Stage)
- Artist
- Related People
- Date
1955
- Period
Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 14 1/4 in x 9 3/8 in; sheet: 16 5/8 in x 10 5/8 in
- 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
91.48.2J
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Nakamura Ganjirô I (1860-1935), who performed under that name from March 1978 until his death, was the leading kabuki actor in Osaka from the 1880s to the 1920s. He was famously adept in all sorts of roles, from those of male action heroes to young lovers and female roles. Like his contemporaries in Tokyo, he eagerly participated in new forms of drama, including serialized novels and Shimpa performances. He is portrayed here as the paper merchant Kamiya Jihei in Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s ‘Love Suicide at Amijima,’ a role he first performed in February 1885 and reprised often.