Katsukawa Shunsho / The actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao, in the shosagoto dance sequence 'Sono Utsushi-e Matsu ni Kaede' (A Shadow-Picture of Pine and Maple) / Edo period, 1772Katsukawa Shunsho
The actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao, in the shosagoto dance sequence 'Sono Utsushi-e Matsu ni Kaede' (A Shadow-Picture of Pine and Maple)
Edo period, 1772

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Creator Name: Katsukawa, Shunsho
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Active Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Name-CRT: Katsukawa Shunsho
Title: The actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao, in the shosagoto dance sequence 'Sono Utsushi-e Matsu ni Kaede' (A Shadow-Picture of Pine and Maple)
Title Type: preferred
View: photographed with 1932.996
Creation Start Date: 1772
Creation End Date: 1772
Creation Date: Edo period, 1772
Creation Place: Asia,East Asia,Japan
Object Type: Prints
Classification Term: Woodblock
Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print. Diptych (left) (see also 1932.996)
Dimensions: Hosoban; 32.3 x 15.0 cm
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE Shunsho ga
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1932.997
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Subject Description: The actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao, in the shosagoto dance sequence 'Sono Utsushi-e Matsu ni Kaede' (A Shadow-Picture of Pine and Maple), the last scene of part two of the play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake (Courtesan in an Over-Kimono of Maple Leaf Pattern), performed at the Morita Theater from the ninth day of the ninth month, 1772
AMICA ID: AIC_.1932.997
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999

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