Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; hosoban
- Dimensions
- 30.6 × 14.6 cm (12 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- woodblock print
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print
About
The night sky provides a striking black backdrop for falling snow in this violent scene from the play The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree. Here, the old hag Karashi Baba is about to murder the defenseless Shirotae. This play, with its winter setting, was a popular Kabuki season opener performed in December.
