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  • Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (<i>Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi</i> - 八枚続之内)
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (<i>Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi</i> - 八枚続之内)
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (<i>Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi</i> - 八枚続之内)
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (<i>Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi</i> - 八枚続之内)
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (<i>Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi</i> - 八枚続之内)
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (<i>Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi</i> - 八枚続之内)
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (<i>Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi</i> - 八枚続之内)
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (<i>Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi</i> - 八枚続之内)
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (<i>Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi</i> - 八枚続之内)
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Utagawa Toyokuni I (初代歌川豊国) (artist 1769 – 02/24/1825)

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi - 八枚続之内)

Print

03/06/1815
10.25 in x 15.125 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Toyokuni ga (豊国画)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi
(Marks 595 - seal 04-007)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Waseda University
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - another print from this series with Utaemon III in a lion dance
Hankyu Culture Foundation This print is just one from a series of 8 representations of Nakamura Utaemon in various roles. The range is considerable and forms quite a tribute to the versatility of this performer.

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This print represents a dance performance (shosa - 所作) which accompanied the kabuki play Godairikli Iro no Minato (五大力艶湊) at the Nakamura-za.

"When puppet plays were brought into the kabuki repertory, actors mimicked the actions of the puppets; in dance plays actors may move stiffly, like puppets, for comic effect. The overall style of dance in kabuki, called shosa - showing-the-body - fuses rural and urban dances of the common people, characterized originally by lively leaping and dancing."

Quoted from: The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre, p. 188.
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)