Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): Tedai Jûzaburô / Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
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- Accession Number
- 2003/1.489
- Title
- Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): Tedai Jûzaburô
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1786-1864
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1864
- Object Creation Place
- Asia
- Japan
- Creation Place 1
- Asia
- Creation Place 2
- Japan
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. James Hayes
- Inscription
- Signature: Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
- Censor's seal: 1 undeciphered seal
- Date seal: Sau ni aratame (1864/2)
- Period
- Japan, Bakumatsu (1830–1868)
- Dimensions
- 35.8 cm x 25 cm (14 1/8 in. x 9 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- An image of a miror with the reflection of a kabuki actor. The mirror's rim is black with gold designs and draped with decorative fabircs; red cloth with starbursts in pink, white cloth wth grey starbursts, and blue fabric with white squares and green designs. The man depicted in the mirror wears a blue striped kimono with occasional green, black, and white stripes. The inner cloth is black near the neck. The cloth is also red, and then a seperate piece is blue with scale prints.
- Subject Matter
- A reflected image of kabuki actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII dressed in the role of Tedai Juzaburo for the production of "Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai." Above the image is written a script, likely a poem written by the actor.
- Here, a kabuki actor is depicted as a reflection in a mirror. The negative space surrounding the mirror and the emphasis on pattern around the mirror's edge serve to frame and emphasize the actor's portrait.
- Secondary Keywords
- entertainment events
- events
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performances
- performing artists
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1374 x 1956
- File Size
- 358 KB
- Record
- 2003/1.489
- Link to this Item
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"Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): Tedai Jûzaburô; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.489/2003_1_489.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
