Collection of Shunsen Portraits: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI as Kyudanme Kakogawa Honzo (Shunsen Nigao-e Shu: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
Description
Kataoka Nizaemon XI is depicted as Kakogawa Honzo in Act Nine of Chushingura, from the Shunsen Nigao-e Shu. Honzo's famous appearance with a pine tree prop — the "pine" of Kakogawa — is one of kabuki's most iconic stage images, and Shunsen renders the actor in the moment of that charged, ambiguous gesture. The composition reveals Shunsen's deep knowledge of both the theatrical tradition and the individual actor's interpretation, producing a portrait that functions simultaneously as a record of performance and an independent work of art.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Collection of Shunsen Portraits: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI as Kyudanme Kakogawa Honzo (Shunsen Nigao-e Shu: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI) was created by Natori Shunsen (名取春仙).
Yes — Collection of Shunsen Portraits: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI as Kyudanme Kakogawa Honzo (Shunsen Nigao-e Shu: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI) is part of the Creative Prints: Collection of Portraits of Actors series by Natori Shunsen.
Collection of Shunsen Portraits: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI as Kyudanme Kakogawa Honzo (Shunsen Nigao-e Shu: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Collection of Shunsen Portraits: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI as Kyudanme Kakogawa Honzo (Shunsen Nigao-e Shu: Kataoka Nizaoemon XI) depicts figures, kabuki, and portraits.