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Source Description
This print illustrates a scene from the Kabuki play "Keisei Omonguchi." The character is shown gazing upon a spirit fire, which usually suggests a confrontation with the supernatural, frequently the ghost of an unjustly murdered person returning to haunt the murderer. Nakamura Utaemon III plays the role of Mino Shinkuro, who in this scene is posing as a blind street musician.
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Document identity
localId
35553
label
Keisei Omonguchi
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
35553
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Keisei Omonguchi
description
This print illustrates a scene from the Kabuki play "Keisei Omonguchi." The character is shown gazing upon a spirit fire, which usually suggests a confrontation with the supernatural, frequently the ghost of an unjustly murdered person returning to haunt the murderer. Nakamura Utaemon III plays the role of Mino Shinkuro, who in this scene is posing as a blind street musician.
provenance
Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
date
1823 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
37.4
height
25.5
dimensionsRaw
14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (37.4 x 25.5 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Poem] unread; [Signature] Horai Sanjin; [Signature] Shunkosai Hokushu ga
med
mulberry paper, color, ink
creator_ids
3594
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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f618dd7b71ae57de