The Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon as Yukihime (Nakamura Utaemon Yukihime)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1951
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A close-up bust portrait of a Kabuki actor in the female role of Yukihime, face powdered white with dark arched eyebrows, red-lined eyes, and a small red mouth. The figure wears an elaborate black wig topped with a large silver-white floral headdress, and a pink kimono patterned with round floral roundels and leaves, layered over a white geometric-patterned underrobe and a red-and-gold patterned garment at the shoulder. The background is a plain graduated blue, with a red artist's seal at upper right and vertical text inscriptions at lower left. Color woodblock print, "The Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon as Yukihime (Nakamura Utaemon Yukihime)," Kawase Hasui, 1951.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon as Yukihime (Nakamura Utaemon Yukihime) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1951.
The Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon as Yukihime (Nakamura Utaemon Yukihime) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1951).
The Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon as Yukihime (Nakamura Utaemon Yukihime) depicts kabuki.