Sujet

Thirty Six Immortal Poets' Cards (2), 1853. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada.

Légende

Thirty Six Immortal Poets' Cards (2), 1853. One of a series of four prints which together depict a group of thirty six contemporary actors. These prints were made as a parody of the 'thirty six immortal poets' who were selected for a famous anthology of poetry in the eleventh century. In 1842 the government prohibited luxurious prints in order to encourage morality in the society, and restricted colours and themes of ukiyo-e. When this colourful and lavish print was published these regulations were already relaxed. However the title of 'Immortal poets' reflects the fact that the regulations caused artists to make portraits of actors with the format of national hero or 'thirty six immortal poets' in order to turn censor's eyes off. The figure on the top left is an actor from the famous Ichikawa family, as the pattern of triple square boxes suggests. The actor with distinctive makeup in the centre at the bottom is also from Ichikawa family.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A05_350

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,4Mo (4,1Mo) / 22,5cm x 33,9cm / 2660 x 4000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors portrait people male face faces man men Asian head Asia historical arts country portraits playhouse entertainment body bodies writing art guy theatre continent British museum color turquoise Japan Japanese location century gallery Britain print literature concept actors acting suspicion performing arts suspicious head and shoulders distrust distrustful actor parody calligraphy art gallery Colour 19th century Thespian East Asian poet poets nineteenth century satire satirical woodcut history historic 1850s Ukiyo-e outside portrait woodcut Utagawa Kunisada Kunisada Kunisada Utagawa Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum art centre Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums Kunisada Utagawa Heritage Art Rokkasen Toyokuni III 19th-century Six Immortal Poets Utagawa Kunisada Tsunda Shozo Gepparo Ichiyosai Kinraisha Utagawa Kunisada I Gototei Kunisada Utagawa I Kochoro Utagawa Toyokuni III Shozo colour woodcut on paper Aberdeen Archives