Descriptive Information

Title

The actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII committing suicide as he is held by his father, the actor Ichikawa Ebizô V.

Call Number

E Row 1/GC063/Box 05/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01179

Identifier

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2j62s4987

Publisher

[s.l.] : [s.n.], 1854.

Language

No linguistic content

Date Created

1854

Extent

1 item ; sheet 17.9 x 24.3 cm.

Source Acquisition

Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Notes

Medium: Nishiki-e (color woodblock print)

Format: Ôban yoko-e.

Item description: This memorial portrait (shini-e) includes a fictitious depiction of the suicide of Danjûrô VIII (1823-54) at the age of 32. For unknown reasons, Danjûrô VIII committed suicide on the 6th day of the 8th month of 1854 while he was on tour in Osaka. The event created a sensation in the kabuki world with fans mourning the most famous actor of the day.

Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.

Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject

Actors—Japan—In art

Death in art

Fathers and sons—Japan—In art

Suicide—Japan—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count

1

Institutional Information

Collection

Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d9661376-9a80-4f93-aa52-49b24e42cff7/manifest

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