Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 40587

Chuko Kagamiyama

忠孝加々見山

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1812-1861
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録: 750 × 1098 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: British Museum
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ
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

Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. A scene the very successful kabuki play 'Sakura soshi', with the actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Togo (right), in the presence of his wife O-Mine, played by Onoe Kikujiro and his children, who are tied by ropes. The torture is under the supervision of Orikoshi Daizen Masatomo, played by Bando Hikosaburo (centre), who holds a sword to a child’s throat. The scene is observed by Nagayoshi, also perfomed by Hikosaburo (left), and Otani Tomoemon as the courtier Goheita.

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