The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758)

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The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758)

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章LinkedCulture matchlcp-8fddf2a0c21e

Date
1788 (inscription 1829)
Medium
Hanging scroll; Ink and colors on silk
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
35689

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This work depicts the Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō II (1689–1758) performing in a revenge play as Soga Gorō, the younger of two brothers. Here, he sharpens an arrow as he plots the death of the man who caused his father to commit ritual suicide (seppuku). Decades after the painting was completed, one of the actor’s descendants, Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, added an inscription of appreciation.

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Frederick W. Gookin Collection

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AAT300033618

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