Paul Binnie (artist 1967 –)
Ichikawa Ennosuke III as the demon in the play Kurozuka ('The Black Mound' - Ichikawa Ennosuke no Kurozuka 市川 猿之助の黒塚); Series: Heisei yakusha ōkagami (Great Mirror of Heisei Actors - 平成役者大鏡)
07/1997
11.875 in x 16.75 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
"Paul Binnie" in pencil in the lower right
Scholten Japanese Art wrote of this print: "The actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III (Ichikawa Eno II, b. 1939) is in the role of the old woman Iwate, who is in reality a demon, from the play Kurozuka (Kurozuka). The play is a dance drama, first staged in 1939, about a group of travelling priests who request lodgings at Iwate's home. She welcomes them and tells them the story of her past, but warns the priests to never look into her room. A priest named Tarogo disobeys her command, and in her anger she turns into a demon and vanishes from the house. The priests pray, in the hopes of bringing the demon back to the world and finding it salvation. She returns, and the priests manage to sap Iwate of her strength and defeat the evil within her."
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This was self-printed by the artist. The edition size is 100. There were 16 steps for keyblock and separation.
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Illustrated in Paul Binnie: A Dialogue with the Past: the First 100 Japanese Prints, edited by E. Van den Ing, 2007, Art Media Resources, Chicago, page 50.
self-printed (sōsaku hanga - 創作版画) (genre)
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (三代目市川猿之助: from May 1963 to May 2012) (actor)