Ippitsusai Bunchō
Japanese, active c. 1755-90
Sakata Sajūrō I as a Samurai’s Manservant
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Ippitsusai Bunchō
Japanese, active c. 1755-90c.1770
Sakata Sajūrō I as a Samurai’s Manservant
Ippitsusai Bunchō Japanese, active c. 1755-90 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
c.1770
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Dimensions
31.2 × 13.9 cm (12 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
The black sky in this image is a perfect backdrop for the weather. Here the driving rain pours down on a manservant who has just sliced in half the lantern hanging from the pine tree above him. As with many prints depicting Kabuki actors, we cannot identify the character or the play he comes from.
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