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Source Description
These four actors are featured together in a "mitate," or imaginary performance, composition. Each print in the tetraptych has a background theme, which is also identified by a Chinese character: flower, bird, wind, and moon (right to left). The actors are identified as follows (from the right): Arashi Rikan II, Seki Sanjuro II, Nakamura Shikan II, and Nakamura Tomijro II.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
33092
label
Tetraptych: Ka, cho, fu, getsu
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
33092
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Tetraptych: Ka, cho, fu, getsu
description
These four actors are featured together in a "mitate," or imaginary performance, composition. Each print in the tetraptych has a background theme, which is also identified by a Chinese character: flower, bird, wind, and moon (right to left). The actors are identified as follows (from the right): Arashi Rikan II, Seki Sanjuro II, Nakamura Shikan II, and Nakamura Tomijro II.
provenance
Mrs. Peggy W. Fuller [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1988, by gift.
date
ca. 1835-36 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
tetraptychs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
37
height
103
dimensionsRaw
14 9/16 x 40 9/16 in. (37 x 103 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signautre] Shinbaisai Hokuei ga
med
mulberry paper, color, ink
creator_ids
15078
2793
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
34eda2f1861173f0