ロジャー・シモムラ画　オリエンタル・ マスタープリント14|Oriental Masterprint – 13, from the series Oriental Masterprints

Roger Shimomura

1975 · Color screen print on wove paper · Asian Art

The artist has created a three-quarter view of an actor whose white made-up face stands in stark contrast to the deep blue background, made with ink bamboo. To Edo-period Kabuki and ukiyo-e print buffs, the image evokes the profile of the famous actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III (1753–1801) performing a role that required a wig with bushy hair, such as that of Monk Seigen, who appears in various plays as a rebellious abbot of Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto and becomes infatuated with Princess Sakura.

Artist

Roger Shimomura

Date

1975

Medium

Color screen print on wove paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Vasco R. Geer III, 2014