Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 63322
Nakamura Noshio II (Rankô, 1759-1800) as Yûgiri
- Artist / 作者
- Katsukawa Shunshō勝川春章
- Date / 年代
- 1793
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 906 × 2000 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 森川ミドリ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
This print depicts the kabuki actor Nakamura Noshio II (also known as Rankô) in the role Yûgiri. Yûgiri was a famous courtesan in the licensed prostitution area of Shinmachi in Osaka. Her love affair with Fujiya Izaemon, from a rich Osaka family, became a popular theme in kabuki theatre and is still performed today. Images of kabuki actors are an important genre within Japanese wood-block prints. Both kabuki theatre and woodblock prints flourished in the Edo period (1615-1868), products of the increasingly vibrant urban cultures of Osaka, Kyoto and Edo (present-day Tokyo). Materials: Woodblock print on paper
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