Aranami Chikara (荒波主悦)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1854
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.43
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Azuma Kudari Goju-san Tsugi (吾嬬下五十三駅, The capital (Kyoto) from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido highway).'
The actor's face is covered with a distinctive Kabuki make-up called ‘Kumadori (隈取)’. This make-up was initiated by Ichikawa Danjuro I (初代市川團十郎), who created the dynamic and wild style of kabuki called 'Aragoto (荒事).’ The colour and shape of this makeup helped the audience to understand the character's personality and social status. The character in this print is given a make-up known as ‘Ippon guma (一本隈)', which indicates that he is a reliable but rampaging character.
The actor's face is covered with a distinctive Kabuki make-up called ‘Kumadori (隈取)’. This make-up was initiated by Ichikawa Danjuro I (初代市川團十郎), who created the dynamic and wild style of kabuki called 'Aragoto (荒事).’ The colour and shape of this makeup helped the audience to understand the character's personality and social status. The character in this print is given a make-up known as ‘Ippon guma (一本隈)', which indicates that he is a reliable but rampaging character.
By same maker
- Famous actors as the hundred and eight heroes of the 'Water Margin (流行役者水滸伝百八人之一個)'
- Seki Sanjuro III (三代目関三十郎) as Gyojji Shokuro (行司庄九郎) and Arashi Kanjuro (嵐冠十郎) as Onigatake (鬼ヶ嶽)
- Commemoration of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in various roles. (死絵 八代目市川團十郎)
- Scenes from a play titled 'The capital (Kyoto) from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido highway (吾嬬下五十三駅).'
