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The Actor Otani Hiroemon III Watching from the Branches of a Pine Tree Overhanging a Stream

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-55336 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance, Trees Artist: Shunsho, Katsukawa

Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance, Trees

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In Ōtani Hiroemon III Watching from a Pine Tree, Katsukawa Shunshō crouches the figure on a twisted reddish branch above a winding stream. A hand rises near the face, while a long cloth drape follows the body’s position. The tree gives the watcher an unusual elevated place, making the act of looking feel physically precarious as well as intent.

Made around 1775, the ink-and-color woodblock print holds this poised moment without securely explaining the entire drama. Tree, stream and watcher establish a relationship of height and distance, but the identity of what is being watched need not be invented. Shunshō preserves a performer within a distinctive stage situation. The image’s force lies in its suspended attention, inviting the viewer to consider the difference between seeing and being seen.

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