round mirror with green rim and black handle contains figure depicted from chest up with right hand clutching robe; figure gazes to his right and wears a blue and white robe with a red and white fabric swath slung over his right shoulder; figure set against pink background with radiating rust-colored lines; Japanese characters to left of figure's shoulder; red cartouche with gold frame and blue ends floats in BLC and contains Japanese characters; mirror hovers above offset rectangle containing a smaller, blue offset rectangle with Japanese characters; circular and rectangular marks with characters in BRC

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzui Chōbei, c. 1833

Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbeiexpand_more

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperexpand_more

The Sharon and Bill Richardson Endwoment for Art Acquisitionexpand_more  2015.33.1.1

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Related to the plav "Mitsu ichō gozonji no Edo-zome" 三銀杏御存地染, performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1833, fifth month.

Utagawa Kunisada’s bust portraits from the 1820s and 1830s typically show actors against a plain background accompanied by poems composed by the portrayed actors. Here, the portrait is fan shaped, allowing the image to be cut out and affixed to an actual fan. This series is also an early example of product placement, as a packet of Bien Senjokō face powder appears at the bottom of each print. It seems that the prints were delivered together with the powder or that the producer of the powder paid for some of the production costs of the print.

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Title
Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzui Chōbei
Artist Life
1786 - 1865
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.33.1.1
Catalogue Raisonne
S0526-001
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round mirror with green rim and black handle contains figure depicted from chest up with right hand clutching robe; figure gazes to his right and wears a blue and white robe with a red and white fabric swath slung over his right shoulder; figure set against pink background with radiating rust-colored lines; Japanese characters to left of figure's shoulder; red cartouche with gold frame and blue ends floats in BLC and contains Japanese characters; mirror hovers above offset rectangle containing a smaller, blue offset rectangle with Japanese characters; circular and rectangular marks with characters in BRC

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