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Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gonpachi

c. 1868–1943

Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Shōwa period

(1926–89)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 30.6 x 16.6 cm (12 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Ralph King 1943.41
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This unsigned work shows two actors portraying the "based on real events" story of ill-fated lovers. It may have been inspired by the work of print designer Kitagawa Utamaro on the same theme.
A vertically oriented woodblock print depicts Komurasaki, a woman with a light skin tone and an elaborate dark hairstyle with yellow hairpins, wearing a pink patterned kimono. She leans toward Shirai Gonpachi, a man with a light skin tone and a partially shaved head and topknot. Wearing a black kimono with white stripes, he holds a sword hilt. Japanese calligraphy appears in a book-shaped border in the upper left corner.

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gonpachi

c. 1868–1943

Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Shōwa period (1926–89)

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