Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 40684

Woodblock print, oban tate-e, five prints commemorating five special dance performances by Onoe Tamizo II at the Kawa

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1842
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録: 750 × 1106 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: British Museum
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ
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 print, oban tate-e, five prints commemorating five special dance performances by Onoe Tamizo II at the Kawarazaki theater in the first month of Tenpo 13 (1842): 1) Shakkyo--lion dancer in Ishibashi, an actor on a rock with a long flowing mane of hair; 2) Manzai--New Year's dance, lavishly dressed dancer with a drum; 3) Tojin--a Chinese dance, an actor with an elevated leg; 4) Komori--a child's dance, a woman with a lute and an octopus; and 5) Yakko-dako--a servant as a kite, with a bird nearby.

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