Portrait of the Comic Narrator Hanaedabō Enba (花枝坊圓馬)
Portrait of the Comic Narrator Hanaedabō Enba (花枝坊圓馬)

Currently not on view

Portrait of the Comic Narrator Hanaedabō Enba (花枝坊圓馬),

1840

Gochōtei Sadamasu I 五蝶亭貞升, active 1830–1854
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2011-93

Information

Title
Portrait of the Comic Narrator Hanaedabō Enba (花枝坊圓馬)
Dates

1840

Maker
Gochōtei Sadamasu I 五蝶亭貞升
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 37.5 x 25.2 cm sheet: 38.5 x 26.5 cm. (15 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.) mount: 43.7 x 31.8 cm
Credit Line
Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund
Object Number
2011-93
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Description

This print depicts a comic narrator, not a typical kabuki theatrical scene. The printed wood frame bears the date of the print: the eleventh year of the Tenpo era (1840). The red cartouche on the mid-right notes this print was commissioned.

The interior setting is very detailed: the nicely adorned lacquer lectern, the blue-and-white tea pot on a stove, and the sliding doors behind of the figure. This is a view into an aspect of the theater rarely portrayed.

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
oban, woodblock prints, osaka print school, prints
Materials
oban, color, paper, ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
figures (representations), actors, men, rooms, teapots, portraits

– The Haber Collection (New York, NY).

–2011 Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more.

Open API URL

Our API is generally designed to provide programmatic access to the Museum's collections data for applications that require regular updates and/or the ability to dynamically query and filter the data via the endpoints provided.

Share your feedback with us

The Museum regularly researches its objects and their collecting histories, updating its records to reflect new information. We also strive to catalogue works of art using language that is consistent with how people, subjects, artists, and cultures describe themselves. As this effort is ongoing, the Museum’s records may be incomplete or contain terms that are no longer acceptable. We welcome your feedback, questions, and additional information that you feel may be useful to us. Email us at collectionsinfo@princeton.edu.

Explore More

Celebrating American Art at Princeton

Princeton Collects

Mosaic Restaurant