Nakamura Tomijiro as a Courtesan Burning a Letter
Artist/Culture
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章
(Japanese, 1726?–1792)
Datemid-1770s
Mediummulticolored woodblock print
Dimensionshoso-e: 30.5 x 13.3 cm (12 x 5 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.415
DescriptionThe actor Nakamura Tomijuro as a keisei who stands beside a fire-box in which she is burning a letter, the flames rise high in the air. Her kimono is of pearl gray with a diaper pattern in white. Her obi is violet, without pattern; and she wears an uchikake (overdress) of a neutral, yellowish gray hue that has a pattern of butterflies.On View
Not on view
Katsukawa Shunzan
before 1787
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章
February, 1776
