The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in a Shibaraku Role
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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in a Shibaraku Role
1810 - 183019th
15.43 in. x 10.24 in. (39.2 cm x 26 cm)
Utagawa Kunisada (also called Gototei Kunisada; Toyokuni III; Ichiyusai Kunisada), (1786–1864)
User Text 1 Ichikawa Danjuro VII helped solidify the prominence of Edo kabuki with the compilation The Kabuki Eighteen, a collection of eighteen plays that highlighted the “rough stuff” acting style. Danjuro’s mie, or frozen pose, as he entered the stage is a favorite moment in the theater and a popular subject of Utagawa-school designs. The persimmon-red costume with bold crest of three concentric squares, the accompanying accoutrements of wig, headdress, and sword, and the dramatic make-up combined in a dazzling composition beloved by fans of the kabuki stage and ukiyo-e prints.
Creation Place:
Asia, Japan
Medium and Support:
Color woodcut
Credit Line:
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession Number:
1980.2614
Oban
Current Location:
Chazen : 265 : E : 7 : C : Sz2
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Calm Lives, Exuberant Pleasures : Outstanding Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Van Vleck Collection Elvehjem Museum of Art , 3/31/1984 - 4/15/1984
- Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints, The Elvehjem Museum of Art , 10/7/1990 - 11/25/1990
- Splendors of Edo: Japanese Prints, 1750-1930 Elvehjem Museum of Art , 8/7/1999 - 10/10/1999
- Kabuki: The Drama of Japanese Prints Chazen Museum of Art , 4/19/2003 - 6/22/2003
- Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900 Chazen Museum of Art , 3/21/2008 - 6/15/2008
- Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection Chazen Museum of Art , 5/6/2016 - 8/14/2016
Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 392 in. x 10.24 in. (995.68 cm x 26 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007.
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Hotei Publishing.
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2007
Page Number: p. 145, Figure Number: no. 125
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