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about 1830-1844
72.47.9
Not currently on view
14-7/8 x 10-1/8 in. (image & sheet, bled to margins)
Signed by artist: Gototei Kunisada ga Publisher's mark: Yamamoto(-ya) Heikichi [Eikyûdô] Censor's seal: circular kiwame Inscribed in red ink, l.l.: reads Tokimune . . .
Gift of Mrs. Kate Kiser Klein
Mrs. Kate Kiser Klein; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1972.
中村芝翫 見立‧曽我の五郎
The writing in the upper left identifies this as a portrait of the actor Nakamura Shikan in the role of Soga Gorō, the younger of the two Soga brothers. He is pictured frozen in a climactic, sculptural pose called mie (pronounced “mee-eh”). Highlighting a moment of emotional intensity, the mie is preceded by a rhythmic rotation and snapping into position of the head, with the actor glaring with one or both eyes crossed; it elicits shouts of approval and applause from the audience. Other aspects of note are the actor’s elaborate costume and the painting on his face, which is meant to emphasize the heroic nature of the character.
The term mitate can indicate an image of an actor in a role he never actually played.
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