Katsukawa Shunsho / The actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the joruri 'Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki' (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight) / Edo period, 1774

Katsukawa Shunsho
The actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the joruri 'Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki' (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight)
Edo period, 1774
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Creator Name: Katsukawa, Shunsho
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Active Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Name-CRT: Katsukawa Shunsho
Title: The actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the joruri 'Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki' (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight)
Title Type: preferred
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Creation Start Date: 1774
Creation End Date: 1774
Creation Date: Edo period, 1774
Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan
Object Type: Prints
Classification Term: Woodblock
Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print. Diptych
Dimensions: Hosoban diptych; each sheet approx. 28.2 x 13.3 cm
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE Shunsho ga
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1939.2169
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Subject Description: The actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the joruri 'Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki' (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight), from part two of the play O-atsurae-zome Soga no Hinagata (A SogaPattern Dyed to Order), performed at the Nakamura Theater from the tenth day of the third month, 1774
AMICA ID: AIC_.1939.2169
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999

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