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The character Kogorō Hyōe at Umezu, between Ōiso and Odawarafront

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The character Kogorō Hyōe at Umezu, between Ōiso and Odawara

  • Description

    ‘Large head’ pictures (ōkubi-e), showing just the head and shoulders of the subject rather than the whole body, became popular after the 1780s. Ōkubi-e allowed the designer to emphasize particular facial features, expressions, make-up or poses of favorite actors in popular roles. Here the actor Nakamura Utaemon IV, in the role of Kogoro Hyōe, crosses his eyes in an intense pose known as a mie, struck at a climatic moment in a kabuki play.

  • Details

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    Series
    Intermediate Stations on the Tōkaidō Road
    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Asia › Japan (Umezu) (subject)
    Date
    1852
    Artist/maker
    Utagawa Kunisada (1823-1880) (designer)
    Associated people
    Nakamura Utaemon 4 (1796 - 1852) (subject)
    Tamaya Sōsuke (active c. 1850 - c. 1868) (publisher)
    Kinugasa Fusajirō (active c. 1843 - 1853) (censor)
    Murata Heiemon (active 1843 - 1853) (censor)
    Material and technique
    woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
    Dimensions
    39.5 x 27 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Christ Church College, University of Oxford, 1983.
    Accession no.
    EA1983.50

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