Ippitsusai Bunchō [
一筆斎文調] (Japanese, 1725 – 1794).
Size: Vertical Hosoban.
As the Library of Congress put it: "Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing left, standing on the snow-covered veranda".
Actor:
Ichikawa Monnosuke II [市川門之助] (Japanese, 1743/56 – 1794); other names: Ichikawa Benzō I, Takinaka Hidematsu II, Takinaka Tsuruzō. According to
Heroes of the Kabuki Stage [
LIB-1197.2016]
Ichikawa Monnosuke II was active from 11/1770 to 10/1794.
Play:
Chūshingura [
忠臣蔵] (
The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), played at
Nakamuraza in the 4
the month of Meiwa 8 (1771).
The actor played in a variety of roles and performances and was the subject of multiple woodblock prints by many famous ukiyo-e artists, including Bunchō, Katukawa Shunkō, Katukawa Shunshō, Katsukawa Shun'ei, Tōshūsai Sharaku, and many others.
Ref:
Vever (1976), vol. 1, № 242, p. 227.
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Katsukawa Shun'ei. The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Aragoto Role. LACME.
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Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Date no Yosaku Artist Tôshûsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–1795), Publisher Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese) 1794 (Kansei 6), 5th month. MFA.
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Ippitsusai Bunchô. Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Tsunewakamaru. Play: Iro Moyô Aoyagi Soga Theater: Nakamura. MFA.