Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 2616

Ichikawa Danjuro as Kibahei, Seki Sanjuro as Dekuroku Rokubei, Bando Hikosaburo as Yoritomo, Iwai Shijaku as Tatsuhime, Nakayama Tomisaburo [as yakko Tsuruhei]

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Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada歌川国貞
Date / 年代: 1828
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録: 750 × 1171 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: British Museum
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル
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 triptych. The kabuki actors (from right) Seki Sanjuro II as the puppeteer ‘kairaishi’ Dekuroku Rokubei, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as the footman ‘yakko’ Kibahei, Bando Hikosaburo IV as Yoritomo, Nakayama Tomisaburo II as the footman ‘yakko’ Tsuruhei, and Iwai Shijaku I as the princess Tatsuhime, in the Kiyomoto dance ‘Kobiki no hana iro kaomise’, (alternate reading ‘Koiji no hana kokoni kaomise’), in the play ‘Sakigake Genji kiba musha’ by Tsuuchi Jihei IV; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 11th month of 1828 (Bunsei 11). The Kiyomoto musicians appear onstage (‘degatari’) with the lead singer Kiyomoto Enjudayu holding his closed fan behind his lectern, (centre s…

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