Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 105437

Ichikawa Ennosuke as Sambaso in Black Kimono

Artist / 作者: Natori Shunsen名取春仙
Date / 年代: 1952
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / robynbuntin
Digital record / 画像記録: 380 × 504 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Published by / 公開者: 青木ソラ
Rights / 権利: No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記: Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

Catalog note / 解説

This print is from a series entitled New Portraits of Kabuki Actors, published by Watanabe Shozaburo. In the Kabuki, Sambaso is an auspicious dance performed at the opening ceremony of a new theatre, at the New Year, or opening of the theatrical season. Sambaso is always colorfully dressed with a high hat known as konsaki eboshi. Natori Shunsen was the pre-eminent portraitist of Kabuki actors of the 20th century.

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