Accession Number
2003/1.586.2

Title
Good and Evil, Two Sides of the Same Leaf: Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Monk Nisshō, Ichimura Takematsu III as Sakubei's Daughter Ohana

Artist(s)
Utagawa Fusatane

Artist Nationality
Japanese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1867

Medium & Support
woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
14 3/16 in x 9 7/16 in (36.04 cm x 23.97 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. James Hayes

Subject matter
Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV also held the names Ichimura Uzaemon XIII and Onoe Kikugorō V.  He was born to a family of kabuki actors in Edo in 1844.  He was active from the time he was a child, in 1848, until shortly before his death in 1903.  He was known for his roles in contemporary plays and was the head of the Nakamura-za in 1869.  He was one of the most famous actors of the Meiji period (1868-1912).

Physical Description
In this print, a man and woman watch something outside of the scene.  The man wears purple robes and holds a chain of beads in one hand.  The woman wears light blue and orange robes decorated with floral patterns.  A tree reaches out over the water behind them.

Inscriptions: Nisshō; Ohana; Publisher's seal: Bun, Tsujiokaya; Carver's seal: Horikane; Censors' seal: u 5, aratame

This is the right panel of a diptych (with 2003/1.586.1).

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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actors
kabuki
marine bodies of water
monks
theater (discipline)
white willow (wood)
women (female humans)