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Segawa Kikunojô as the Courtesan Onatsu and Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Seijurô in Unohana nise no aikago, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fourth month of 1747


Torii Kiyonobu II, Segawa Kikunojô as the Courtesan Onatsu and Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Seijurô in Unohana nise no aikago, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fourth month of 1747, 1747, 4th month, limited color woodblock print on paper; hosoban benizuri-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.13

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Title

Segawa Kikunojô as the Courtesan Onatsu and Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Seijurô in Unohana nise no aikago, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fourth month of 1747

Related Titles

display title: 瀬川菊之丞のおなつと八代市村宇左衛門の清十郎

Artist

Torii II Kiyonobu (Japanese, active ca. 1729-1760)

Date

1747, 4th month

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

limited color woodblock print on paper; hosoban benizuri-e

Edition

no other known impressions

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 10 7/8 in x 5 3/4 in; sheet: 12 9/16 in x 5 3/4 in

Inscriptions & Markings

publisher's mark: さかい丁。。。中島屋, printed, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Sakai chô ... [indecipherable] Nakajima-ya (Sakai chô ... [indecipherable] Nakajima-ya) Language: Japanese

inscription: 清十郎 市村宇左衛門, printed, left edge Transliteration (Translation): Seijurô: Ichimura Uzaemon (Seijurô: Ichimura Uzaemon) Language: Japanese Description: name of male actor and role

inscription: おなつ 瀬川菊之丞, printed, center Transliteration (Translation): Onatsu Segawa Kikunojô (Onatsu: Segawa Kikunojô) Language: Japanese Description: name of onnagata artist and role

signature: 鳥居清信筆, printed, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Torii Kiyonobu hitsu (Torii Kiyonobu hitsu) Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.13

Copyright

public domain

Terms

benizuri-e

Edo

hosoban

Japanese woodblock prints

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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