Actor Ichikawa Chūsha VII as Kiichi Hōgen, c. 1936
Natori Shunsenexpand_more
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper with mica and embossingexpand_more
Gift of funds from Ellen Wellsexpand_more 2014.37
Not on Viewexpand_more
Privately commissioned. Based on Ichikawa Chūsha VII (1860-1936) as Kiichi Hōgen in the scene Imadegawa Kikubatake of the play Kiichi Hōgen sanryaku no maki 鬼一法眼三略巻 今出川菊畑 (Kiichi Hōgen’s Three-volume Book of Tactics), performed at the Hongō Theater, November 1924.
Kiichi Hōgen is an elderly strategist who is in the possession of an important book on strategy that he tries to safe keep. As this print does not have a publisher's seal and the paper is larger than that used consistently fur Shunsen’s commercial actor prints, it would seem to have been a special edition, probably commissioned by the fan club of the actor and not meant for commercial sale.
Details
- Title
- Actor Ichikawa Chūsha VII as Kiichi Hōgen
- Artist Life
- 1886 - 1960
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2014.37
- Curator Approved
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