Yatsuhashi, Nakamura Utaemon VI Item Number: 795/28 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woodblock print, Nakamura Utaemon VI in the role of Yatsuhashi. Woman wearing an elaborate headdress, a pastel flowered kimono, with red lips and black teeth. The headdress has a brown dome shape at the top with stem-like protrusions angling downward at each side, two more angling upward at the back of each side, and three more sticking out horizontally at the back of each side; the headdress also has a light blue and white veil-like feature at the back. The kimono has a light yellow, light green, light pink, and white butterfly shape at each side with light puprle irises in the front, on a pink background. In the upper left corner is a vertically rectangular, red seal with two black characters above. Along the lower edge are grey characters. The print is vertically rectangular, and comes in by a light green folder titled 'GENDAI BUTAI GEIKA: LEADING FIGURES OF THE MODERN STAGE / IN THEIR MOST FAMOUS ROLES - No. 2'.
Narrative
This print, Yatsuhashi, Nakamura Utaemon VI (八ツ橋 六世中村歌右衛門)/Nakamura Utaemon VI in the role of Yatsuhashi is listed as No. 2 from the series Gendai Budtai Geika (現代舞台藝華/ Leading Figures of the Modern Stage in Their Most Famous Roles), consists of twelve prints, published by Banchōrō (番蝶楼) and printed by Miyake Kōshodō (三宅耕書堂). Tokyo publisher Banchōrō was active before World War II and into the 1950s. The print is signed 雅光 (Masamitsu) with his seal on the top right. On the bottom margin, the series name appears first, followed by the print title, publisher's mark, and printer's mark. The print number is embossed in the lower right as 153 [of the limited edition of 200].
Item History
- Made by Masamitsu Ota (Maker) in Japan during 1954
- Owned by Anne M. Smith before May 6, 1982
- Received from Anne M. Smith (Donor) on May 6, 1982
What
- Name
- Yatsuhashi, Nakamura Utaemon VI
- Identification Number
- 795/28
- Type of Item
- Overall
- height 46.2 cm, width 30.8 cm
- Image
- height 42.7 cm, width 27.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Masamitsu Ota (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Anne M. Smith
- Received from
- Anne M. Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Creation Date
- during 1954
- Ownership Date
- before May 6, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on May 6, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0795/0028