Onoe Kikugoro VI as Benten Kozo
六代目尾上菊五郎の弁天小僧
- Date:
- 1925
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
A half-length standing figure in an elaborate blue, lavender, and floral-patterned kimono with a wide sash, wearing a pale purple head cloth tied beneath the chin, gazes slightly off to the side against a soft gradient of pink sky and pale blue-green mountains. Trailing plants with small white blossoms grow at either edge of the composition, and yellow wildflowers dot the ground below a wooden walkway. This 1925 color woodblock print by Natori Shunsen depicts Onoe Kikugoro VI as Benten Kozo, rendered in muted pastel tones throughout.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Onoe Kikugoro VI as Benten Kozo (六代目尾上菊五郎の弁天小僧) was created by Natori Shunsen (名取春仙) in 1925.
Onoe Kikugoro VI as Benten Kozo was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1925).
Onoe Kikugoro VI as Benten Kozo depicts kabuki.