Japanese Print "Onoe Kikugoro I Painting the Figure of Segawa Kikujiro on a Screen, assisted by Bando Hikosaburo II Grinding the Pigments" by Torii Kiyohiro
Artist:Torii Kiyohiro
Title:Onoe Kikugoro I Painting the Figure of Segawa Kikujiro on a Screen, assisted by Bando Hikosaburo II Grinding the Pigments
Date:about 1754
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Description:
Onoe Kikugoro I seated before a tsuitate (one-panel screen) is putting the finishing touches to a painting of an onnagata actor of the Segawa lineage, Segawa Kikujiro I (1715-56) [OR a memorial portrait of Segawa Kikunojo (1693?-1749); or Segawa Kikunojo II (1741-73)]; the figure is shown dancing dressed in a kimono with cherry blossom design, near chrysanthemums and holding an origami crane. Onoe Kikugoro I is assisted by a by a youth, Bando Hikosaburo II, who is grinding pigments in a mortar.Onoe Kikugoro I is dressed in a kimono with the design of umbrellas and falling rain and a haori with an open fan design. Bando Hikosaburo II ois dressed in a kimono with a rabbit design.The poem reads: "The first calligraphy of the oak tree and the crane of the rising sun (Kashiwagiya / asahi no tsuru / no fude hajime).
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