Nakamura Shikan IV as the Fishmonger Aratota

1841

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This “large-head” portrait captures the energetic presence of the renowned Osaka actor Shikan IV. He is shown in the role of the humble fishmonger from a performance of Rapeseed Blossom Rites at Tenmangū Shrine held at the Naka Theater in Osaka in 1841. The play is one of the popular dramatizations of the life of courtier-poet Sugawara no Michizane, who was unjustly exiled from the imperial court and eventually deified to quell his angry spirit.

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「荒藤太　中村芝翫」(四代)
Title: Nakamura Shikan IV as the Fishmonger Aratota
Artist: Hasegawa Sadamasu 長谷川貞升 (Japanese, active 1830s–40s)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1841
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper; vertical chūban
Dimensions: Image: 10 × 7 1/4 in. (25.4 × 18.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of James C. Y. Watt, 2011
Object Number: 2011.142
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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