Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Sasaki Tadaomi Araoka Genta in a Shibaraku scene

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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Sasaki Tadaomi Araoka Genta in a Shibaraku scene

九代目市村宇左衛門の佐々木忠臣荒岡源太

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1778 (An'ei 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.6 x 14.7 cm (12 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4350

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Katsukawa Shunshô (Ôta Mus. cat., 2016), #29; Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), p. 243, fig. 84.1 (both Ôta Mus. impression w/ red costume); related: Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #50

DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Sakimasu ya Mume no Kachidoki
Theater: Ichimura
開増梅隑楽（さきますやむめのかちどき）
市村

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

Marks Collector's seal: Wakai Oyaji

ProvenanceDecember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.