Witness of a Severed Head - Kabuki
Artist
Utagawa Yoshitaki
(Japanese, 1841 - 1899)
Dateca 1860
Mediumwoodblock
DimensionsOverall: 24.5 × 70.5 cm (9 5/8 × 27 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LineGift of Judith Patt
Object number2016.024.034
DescriptionKumagai Naozane (played by Arashi Kichisaburo) is about to open a cover of a tub, which holds a severed head. His wife Sagami (played by Fujikawa Tomokichi) is distressed because she believed thier son had been sacrificed in order to save a young Heike prince Atsumori.Status
Not on view
Koko Yoshitsuya