Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “Your Favorite Play: The Subscription List” (Gohiiki Kanjinchō)

Katsukawa Shunsho

c. 1773

Attribution: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban
Physical dimensions: 30.2 × 14.3 cm (11 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection

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These paired prints may be the left and center sheets of a triptych showing a dance sequence within a Kabuki play performed at the Nakamura Theater in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1773. It tells the story of a young warrior out viewing maple leaves at the height of autumn. He meets a beautiful stranger who is really a mountain demon in disguise. The actor portraying her is holding up a demon (hannya) mask.

Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0