The Actor Onoe Kikugorō I
Artist/Culture
Torii Kiyoshige
Date1700s
Mediumwoodblock print with hand-applied color (tan-e)
DimensionsHabahiro hashira-e; 67 x 15 cm (26 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsPublisher Mark: Mark of Urokogata-ya [three black triangles in a circle]
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.66
DescriptionHabahiro hashira-e (wide format "pillar picture" print format). Onoe Kikugoro I was one of the great actors of the 18th century. In early life he played the roles of youths (wakashu), then of young women wakaonnagata, and later leading roles. Here he is shown as a young man of fashion, attired in a kimono having a pattern of wide stripes with chrysanthemum decoration, alternating with others have a star-diaper formed by thin black lines.On View
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Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
late 1822
