Actor Nakamura Nakazō I as Yamaoka no Saburō, in “The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree” (Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachino Ki)

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Actor Nakamura Nakazō I as Yamaoka no Saburō, in “The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree” (Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachino Ki)

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Date
1769
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
22362

As with hundreds of Kabuki plays, the libretto for the one that is the basis for this print, The Ever-Blooming Potted Tre e, has not survived. Its plot apparently involves a maple-viewing party made up of a group of beautiful women and demons. (Viewing the changing colors of maple leaves in the fall is still a popular Japanese pastime.) In the dance sequence pictured here, the actor is about to confront a thief who attempted to steal a treasured demon mask.

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Clarence Buckingham Collection
Provenance
Tokumatsu Ito (c. 1871–1947), Chicago; sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, Dec. 1916; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.

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