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Onoe Baikô VI and Princess Sarashina in “Momijigari”


Ōta Masamitsu, Onoe Baikô VI and Princess Sarashina in “Momijigari”, 1955, color woodblock print on paper, Gift of Mrs. Fay Kramer, © unknown, research required, 91.48.2I

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Title

Onoe Baikô VI and Princess Sarashina in “Momijigari”

Related Titles

series title: Showa butai sugata (Figures of the Showa Stage)

Artist

Ōta Masamitsu (Japanese, 1892-1975)

Related People

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

Date

1955

Period

Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 14 3/16 in x 9 5/16 in; sheet: 16 1/2 in x 10 1/4 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

91.48.2I

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

Japanese woodblock prints

paper

relief printing

relief prints

Showa

woodcuts

woodcut

Description

Onoe Baikô VI (1870-1934), a native of Nagoya city, studied dance as a young man. At the age of 12 he was adopted by the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorô V. He first assumed the stage name Baikô VI in 1903, and kept it until his death. He is considered one of the outstanding onnagata actors of his day, and frequently played opposite Ichimura Uzaemon XV. He was especially renowned for his portrayal of possessed women or ghosts, and that is how Mamamitsu has portrayed him here. The kabuki dance drama “Momijigari (Gathering Autumn Leaves),” based on a Noh play of the same name, features a princess who is transformed into a demon and performs a battle dance.

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