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Lot 63
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Usui no Sadamitsu
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GBP 1,375
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In this surimono the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII is depicted standing defiantly, sword in hand, in the role of Usui no Sadamitsu in the play Yama mata yama hana no yamagatsu which was performed at the Ichimura Theatre in 11th month of 1823.
The poem reads
Ozora ni
habakari wa nashi de
misuji hiku
kasumi otoko zo
hitori me ni tatsu
Without a bit of fear
toward the heavens above,
this bold man appears
through three bands of haze
standing on top of the world.1
For another impression of this design in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, object number 1933.4.1485, go to:
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/208211
1. Sebastian Izzard, Kunisada's World, (New York, 1993), p. 86, no. 31.
The poem reads
Ozora ni
habakari wa nashi de
misuji hiku
kasumi otoko zo
hitori me ni tatsu
Without a bit of fear
toward the heavens above,
this bold man appears
through three bands of haze
standing on top of the world.1
For another impression of this design in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, object number 1933.4.1485, go to:
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/208211
1. Sebastian Izzard, Kunisada's World, (New York, 1993), p. 86, no. 31.