Nakamura Ganjiro I as Kamiya Jihei
初代中村鴈治郎の紙屋治兵衛
- Date:
- 1925
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
Typical Price
Kamiya Jihei, the tragic merchant protagonist of Chikamatsu's masterpiece about doomed love, is rendered here with quiet emotional intensity by Nakamura Ganjiro I. This subject connects Shunsen's work to the literary tradition of bunraku-derived kabuki. Approximately 150 impressions per design in the Nigao-e Shu series. Lifetime editions: $1,000-$2,500; posthumous: $500-$1,000.
Description
From the series Thirty-six Portraits of Actors. Depicts Nakamura Ganjiro I, the great Osaka actor, in the role of the tragic paper merchant Kamiya Jihei from Chikamatsu's masterpiece The Love Suicides at Amijima.
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