Untitled work by Natori Shunsen
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- British Museum
- Image courtesy of
- British Museum
Description
A close-up bust portrait of a kabuki actor in bold aragoto-style makeup (kumadori), with dramatic red and dark blue streaks radiating across a white-painted face and a deeply furrowed, scowling brow. The actor wears a large black wig swept upward and a pale kimono patterned with a large stylized crest, against a mottled brown background. Woodblock print, artist Natori Shunsen, title and year unrecorded.
More Prints by Natori Shunsen
Actors Ichikawa Shōchō II as Umegawa and Kataoka Gadō XII as Chūbei
1927
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
The Actor Sawada Shojiro as the Swordsman Hayashi Buhei, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV as Naozamurai, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
The Actor Onoe Baiko VI as Sayuri, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
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Frequently Asked Questions
Untitled was created by Natori Shunsen (名取春仙).
Untitled depicts abstract.