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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . 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 actor Onoe Matsusuke I in the wardrobe room of a theater Title Type: preferred View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1780 Creation End Date: 1783 Creation Date: Edo period, Ca.1780-1783 Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan Object Type: Prints Classification Term: Woodblock Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print. Dimensions: Oban; 38.3 x 25.5 cm Inscriptions: SIGNATURE Shunsho ga AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1925.2363 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Subject Description: Onoe Matsusuke I, dressed in a simple striped kimono and long black haori jacket, stands examining a 'record book of costumes issued' (isho watashi-cho). This bears the name Yamadaya, suggesting that it is a record of costumes rented from that company. The figure holding the record book wears a blue cotton kimono dyed with the Ichikawa family crest and the name Kikumaru; on his feet are black tabi socks, such as would normally be worn backstage. He may be either an employee of the Yamadaya company whosejob was to look after the costumes, or else a minor actor (Ichikawa Kikumaru?) performing the same function for the theater. He carries a bundle wrapped in a yellow cloth, presumably to be delivered somewhere, since the boy assistant is holding a pair ofsandals for street wear. Shunsho draws an amusing contrast between the good-looking actor with his strong, regular features and the snub-nosed, weak-chinned costume assistant.Through the doorway at the back can be seen a large chest marked 'costume box' (isho ire), on top of which is piled a persimmon-colored costume with an emblem of arrow shafts, such as might be used in a 'Shibaraku' scene. Pasted on the sliding door is a list of regulations from the theater manager, and in the alcove are stored a variety of small stage props: various types of letters, a small sword and an amulet in brocade bags, and a rolled scroll. On top of the small chest is a pair of wooden stage clappers (hyoshigi), used for sound effects such as running feet and clashing swords. (The Actor's Image, 1994) AMICA ID: AIC_.1925.2363 AMICA Library Year: 1999 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999 AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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