The Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Soga Gorō
Recognized as the greatest actor of the nineteenth century, Danjūrō VII is depicted as Soga Gorō, one of the most popular roles of the Kabuki stage, who carries out revenge with his brother for the murder of his father. This design was created in the modern era, at a time when Japan was at war, and neither ukiyo-e prints nor Kabuki were as popular as they had been in previous eras. Tadamasa, who had studied under Torii Kiyotada (1875–1941), one of the last of the traditional actor-print artists, drew on the history of Kabuki’s heyday during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Artwork Details
- 鳥居忠雅画 七代目市川団十郎の曽我五郎
- Title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Soga Gorō
- Artist: Torii Tadamasa (Japanese, 1904–1970)
- Period: Shōwa period (1929–89), 1940
- Date: 1940
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
- Dimensions: 15 x 9 3/4 in. (38.1 x 24.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of H. J. Isaacson, 1948
- Object Number: MJP45
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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