print; surimono

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Object Type: print; surimono
Museum number: 1924,0327,0.12
Description: Colour woodblock-printed surimono. Congratulations on new names for actor Ichikawa Hakuen and writer Danshuro Enba: Legendary Chinese hero Shoki on half-unrolled hanging scroll; doll of Ichikawa Danjuro as Yanone no Goro on scroll; deflated paper carp under scroll. With poems. Inscribed and signed.
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Production date: 1798
Production place: Published in: Edo
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Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 18.90 centimetres; Width: 50.30 centimetres
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Curator's comments: Smith 1988 This print was issued for Boys' Day (5 May) as shown by the deflated paper carp to the left and the two heroes represented. One is the legendary Chinese hero Shoki, 'the Demon Queller', who is is shown on a half-unrolled hanging scroll. The other is the Japanese Yanone no Goro, as acted by Ichikawa Danjuro, but in the form of a doll. The two celebrities who had received new names (a form of promotion) were the actor Ichikawa Hakuen and the writer Danshuro Emba. The print is signed (on the scroll) 'Painted by Shun'ei'.
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Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2001, 30 Jan-8 Apr, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Arts of Japan: Recently repaired paintings, Ukiyo-e IV'
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki; author/poet
Associated names: Named in inscription: Utei Enba 烏亭焉馬; Named in inscription: Ichikawa Danjuro V 五代目市川団十郎; Representation of: Zhong Kui 鍾馗; Representation of: Ichikawa Danjuro IX (九代目市川団十郎) (?); Representation of: Yanone no Goro
Associated events: Designed for: Boys' Day (5th of 5th month)
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Acquisition date: 1924
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1924,0327,0.12

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