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Onoe Kikugorō I as Izumi no Saburō in the Play Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise

「雪梅顔見勢」初世尾上菊五郎の泉三郎

1769

Ippitsusai Bunchō 一筆斎 文調

(Japanese, dates unknown)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Color woodblock print

Sheet: 30.6 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.173

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The character's name, Izumi, appears on the right sleeve of the actor's robe.

Description

The play Snowflakes: Plum Blossom Kaomise was performed at the Ichimura Theater in 1769.

Inscriptions

Inscription

落款　一筆文齊調画　守氏

Provenance
(Vickery, Atkins & Torrey, San Francisco, CA)
?–1930
Edward L. Whittemore [1862–1930], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1930–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Howard Conley Hollis. "The Edward Loder Whittemore Collection of Japanese Prints." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 4 (1930): 64-66. 64-66
Exhibition history

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1930.173