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Ishikawa Toyonobu

Ishikawa Danjuro III (Sandaime Ishikawa Danjuro), 1740's

Description

Maker

  • Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1711-1780, Japanese

Title

Ishikawa Danjuro III (Sandaime Ishikawa Danjuro)

Year

1740's

Medium

Polychrome wood block print with marbled background

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color,
  • ink

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 33.7 x 46.7 cm (13 1/4 x 18 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems] Inishie o/ima ni/utsusu ya/kazari ebi Exchanging old times for now-lobster decoration [Danjuro in a reprised role]Inishie means "old," ima..ya, "reprisal, revival," kazari ebi refers to the actor, ebi, or lobster, being a soubriquet for Danjuro

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1067

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Edo Theater

January 18 - May 18, 2008

This rare print depicts Ishikawa Ebizo III (1712-78) in his classic shibaraku role, in which he yells "Wait a moment!" ("Shibaraku") and proceeds to resolve the action of the play by killing the evildoers. First written by Danjūrō I (1660-1704) in about 1697, versions of this performance became an integral part of the Danjūrō-lineage repertory. Danjūrō is readily identified by his red garment and his crest (mon) of three squares, one within another. The marbled background accounts for the unusual pattern of the paper. The text above the actor is a poem.

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Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Ishikawa Danjuro III (Sandaime Ishikawa Danjuro) with the accession number of 20.1067. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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