Ishikawa Toyonobu
Japanese, 1711–1785
The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Hisamatsu
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Ishikawa Toyonobu
Japanese, 1711–1785c. 1748
The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Hisamatsu
Ishikawa Toyonobu Japanese, 1711–1785 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
c. 1748
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; habahiro hashira-e, urushi-e
Dimensions
71 × 26.1 cm (28 × 10 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Sanogawa Ichimatsu I appeared in this role in the play The Eternal Soga of the Green Gate, which was presented at the Nakamura theater in February 1743. The brown-and-black checked pattern on Ichimatsu’s outercoat (haori) is a design he made fashionable, and it appears in many of his portraits. The contrast of the outer coat with the white kimono patterned with pink plum blossoms and seals is quite striking.
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