
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Actor Nakamura Kichiemon I as Hoshikage Doemon
Yamamura Kōka (Toyonari); Publisher: Yamamura Kōka Hanga KankōkaiLinkedCulture matchlcp-73cb9c564b99
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 62341
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Eighth design in a set of twelve. Based on Nakamura Kichiemon I (1886-1954) as Hoshikage Doemon in the scene Gojō-zaka Nakanochō of the play Soga moyō tateshi no gosho-zome 曾我綉侠御所染 五條坂仲の町 (The Soga Design and the Gallant's Dyed Kimono). Ōtani Tomoemon VI played this role in the performance at the Ichimura Theater in April 1920. Soon after the release of this portrait, Nakamura Kichiemon I was performing it in the adaptation Otokodate gosho no Gorozō 侠客御所五郎蔵 at the Shin-Tomi Theater, April 1922. Japan, Asia
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- Gift of Ellen and Fred Wells
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