Ōtsu-e of Kabuki Actor Playing Hotei Ichiemon
According to the inscriptions on the back of this print, the ceramic knobs of the scroll’s roller were produced by the famed mingei (folk craft) potter Hamada Shōji (1894–1978), while the mounting was made by Yanagi Sōetsu (1889–1961), the founder of the mingei movement and the author of the first research book on Ōtsu-e. Yanagi developed an interest in the genre around 1916 and collected these paintings.
Artwork Details
- 大津絵 布袋市右衛門図
- Title:Ōtsu-e of Kabuki Actor Playing Hotei Ichiemon
- Period:Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date:early 18th century
- Culture:Japan
- Medium:Hanging scroll; hand-colored woodblock print on paper
- Dimensions:Image: 17 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. (45.5 x 21 cm)
Overall: 50 3/8 x 11 1/4in. (128 x 28.6 cm) - Classification:Paintings
- Credit Line:The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
- Object Number:1975.268.147
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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