Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 19478

Segawa Kikunojo as Komachizakura no Sei

瀬川菊之丞の小町桜の精

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada歌川国貞
Date / 年代: 1830
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録: 750 × 523 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: British Museum
Published by / 公開者: 朝倉レン
Rights / 権利: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors (right) Segawa Kikunjo V as the Spirit of the Komachi Cherry Tree (‘Komachi-zakura no sei’), and Nakamura Shikan II as Otomo no Kuronushi, in the final section entitled ‘Flower’ (‘Hana’), of the three-part hengemono dance ‘Tsuki yuki hana no seki no to’; performed at the Nakamura-za in the 8th month of 1830 (Busei 13).

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