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Onoe Kikugoro I Painting the Figure of Segawa Kikujiro on a Screen, assisted by Bando Hikosaburo II Grinding the Pigments
Onoe Kikugoro I Painting the Figure of Segawa Kikujiro on a Screen, assisted by Bando Hikosaburo II Grinding the Pigments
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Onoe Kikugoro I Painting the Figure of Segawa Kikujiro on a Screen, assisted by Bando Hikosaburo II Grinding the Pigments

Artist (Japanese, active 1737–76)
Dateabout 1754
Mediumwoodblock print, benizuri-e
Dimensions43.1 x 30.9 cm (16 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsPublisher:'Yama" in a circle and 'Moto han'[rectangular seal]
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.75
DescriptionO-oban
Label TextOnoe Kikugoro I seated before a tsuitate (one-panel screen) is putting the finishing touches to a painting of an onnagata actor of the Segawa lineage, Segawa Kikujiro I (1715-56) [OR a memorial portrait of Segawa Kikunojo (1693?-1749); or Segawa Kikunojo II (1741-73)]; the figure is shown dancing dressed in a kimono with cherry blossom design, near chrysanthemums and holding an origami crane. Onoe Kikugoro I is assisted by a by a youth, Bando Hikosaburo II, who is grinding pigments in a mortar.Onoe Kikugoro I is dressed in a kimono with the design of umbrellas and falling rain and a haori with an open fan design. Bando Hikosaburo II ois dressed in a kimono with a rabbit design.The poem reads: "The first calligraphy of the oak tree and the crane of the rising sun (Kashiwagiya / asahi no tsuru / no fude hajime).ProvenanceJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection, -1901
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