• Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes

Utagawa Toyokuni I (初代歌川豊国) (artist 1769 – 02/24/1825)

Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes

Print


09/09/1819
9.75 in x 14.625 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Toyokuni ga (豊国画)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi
(Marks 595- seal 04-007)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Waseda University
Waseda University - black man with coral
Waseda University - Tamamo no mae
Hankyu Culture Foundation
Lyon Collection - another print by Shunshi showing this figure This print of a celestial being is one of nine from a series, 御名残押絵交張, showing Nakamura Shikan I in a variety of roles. See the links at Waseda University above to see some of the other images. Not all the prints in this series are linked to here.

In 9/1819 "Shikan celebrates his last performance at the Nakamuraza by playing all the roles of a 9-roles dance program called "Onagori Oshie no Mazebari". The roles are Tennin (a heavenly being), Kyôran (the madness), Kurombô (the black creature), Tomomori (the legendary warrior Taira no Tomomori), Tobae (this section is based on of Toba Sôjô Kakuyû who was a high-ranking prient of the Tendai sect and a renowned painter), Miko (a shaman), Kan U (a famous Chinese warlord), Keisei (a high-ranking courtesan) and Tamamo-no-Mae (the leading character of the play "Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto")." (Source Kabuki21)
Yamamotoya Heikichi (山本屋平吉) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) (actor)