Currently not on view
Nagori no Tachibana III (名残りの橘 三),
ca. 1852
Published by Tenmaya Kihei 天満屋喜兵衛
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
Information
ca. 1852
Woodblock print (chuban tate-e format); ink and color on paper
25.7 x 18.7 cm. (10 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
mat: 49 x 36.2 cm. (19 5/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Anne van Biema
Asia, Japan
This actor print by Hirosada has a cartouche to the left in red white and green reading “Nanokori
No Tachibana 3” (名残りの橘三:名残理之橘三), and is signed simply “Hirosada” (廣貞) at the mid-right over a red seal. In the right-hand corner, right at the edge of the print, is the
publisher’s seal “Kinkadō” (金花堂). To the right of the dancing actor, who holds his dynamic pose on a ground of green and beneath clouds of purple, is a small rectangular red cartouche with the words “sake? de tsuchi” (酒◘でつち) in black. There is a poem or line of dialogue over the actor’s head.
Writings on old mats replaced 7/2005: front “DKZZ MAE-”, “Hirosada (Utagawa) Osaka School”. “ca. 1820-60’s” “Actor Portrait” “#13” “x1991-272” “H.” inside “839.158-a” “85/11-D”
• Keyes, Roger: Hirosada: Osaka Printmaker. Long Beach: University Art Museum. California State University, 1984.
• Roger and Mizushima, Keiko: The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973.
