Segawa Kikunojō III as the courtesan Azuma, Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a jilted lover, and Nakamura Nakazō as Minamoto no Tametomo disguised as a boatman, with chanter Tokiwazu Kanedayū II in Taoyanagi imose no mato, performed at the Kiri Theater in the third month of 1785, from an untitled Degatari series
Torii Kiyonaga, Segawa Kikunojō III as the courtesan Azuma, Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a jilted lover, and Nakamura Nakazō as Minamoto no Tametomo disguised as a boatman, with chanter Tokiwazu Kanedayū II in Taoyanagi imose no mato, performed at the Kiri Theater in the third month of 1785, from an untitled Degatari series, 1785, 3rd month, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.212
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- Title
Segawa Kikunojō III as the courtesan Azuma, Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a jilted lover, and Nakamura Nakazō as Minamoto no Tametomo disguised as a boatman, with chanter Tokiwazu Kanedayū II in Taoyanagi imose no mato, performed at the Kiri Theater in the third month of 1785, from an untitled Degatari series
- Related Titles
original language; descriptive: 出語り図 三代瀬川菊之丞 二代石川門之助 中村仲蔵 二代常磐津兼太夫
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Nishimura Yohachi (Japanese, active mid-19th century)
- Date
1785, 3rd month
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Graybill 2011, cat. 54
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 15 1/16 in x 9 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
collector's mark: 林忠, printed in red relief within circular cartouche, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Hayashi Chū ([Seal of the dealer and collector Hayashi Tadamasa 林忠正]) Language: Japanese
publisher's mark: [crest under single mountain motif], printed in black relief, center left Translation: [seal of the publisher 西村屋与八] Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm Eijudō 永寿堂 active c.1751-1860.
signature: 清長画, printed in black ink, center left Transliteration (Translation): Kiyonaga ga (picture [by] Kiyonaga) 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
32.212
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
1993 The Floating World Revisited Portland Art Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
