Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 47313

polyptych print (?)

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Toyokuni I歌川豊国
Date / 年代: 1815
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録: 750 × 1129 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: British Museum
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ
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 polyptych from an album of 117 sheets. A six sheet composition depicting an imaginary performance (mitate) of the 'Confrontation of the Soga brothers' (Soga no taimen), each sheet numbered one to six. Sheet 1: the kabuki actors Matsumoto Koshiro V as (Omi no) Kotoda with swords, Nakamura Matsue III as the courtesan Shosho and Seki Sanjuro II as Izu no Jiro; sheet 2: Ichikawa Dannosuke III as the courtesan (Oiso no) Tora, Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kudo (Suketsune) and Segawa Tamon I as (Soga no) Ninomiya; sheet 3: Ichikawa Ichizo I as Yoshimori, Bando Mitsugoro III as Yawata (Saburo) and Bando Minosuke II as Kenbomaru; sheet 4: Iwai Kumesaburo II as Maizuru, Matsum…

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