Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae

Art Institute of Chicago

Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章

Date
About 1769
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The night sky provides a striking black backdrop for falling snow in this violent scene from the play The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree. Here, the old hag Karashi Baba is about to murder the defenseless Shirotae. This play, with its winter setting, was a popular Kabuki season opener performed in December.

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