Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章
Japanese, 1726-1792
Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae
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Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章
Japanese, 1726-1792About 1769
Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
About 1769
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Dimensions
30.6 × 14.6 cm (12 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
The night sky provides a striking black backdrop for falling snow in this violent scene from the play The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree. Here, the old hag Karashi Baba is about to murder the defenseless Shirotae. This play, with its winter setting, was a popular Kabuki season opener performed in December.
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