玉柳亭重春画 三代目尾上菊五郎・三代目中村歌右衛門 『義経千本桜』|Kabuki Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Shizuka Gozen and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kitsune Tadanobu, in the play Yoshitsune senbon zakura (The Thousand Cherry Trees of Yoshitsune)
Medium
Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; Image (each): 14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (36.8 × 24.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of James C. Y. Watt, 2011
Accession Number
2011.133a, b
Tags
Art Historical Context
This vibrant diptych of woodblock prints by Gyuryūtei (Ryūsai) Shigeharu captures two legendary Kabuki actors in a dramatic moment from the 18th-century play *Yoshitsune senbon zakura* (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees). in 1830 during Japan's Edo period (1615–1868), it features Onoe Kikugorō III as the loyal courtesan Shizuka Gozen and Nakamura Utaemon III as shape-shifting fox spirit Kitsune Tadanobu. Printed in ink and color on paper in the large vertical *ōban* format (each sheet about 14½ × 9¾ inches), the panels combine to form a single, immersive scene of theatrical intensity. ...