Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 47320

Shirai Gonpachi Iwai Hanshiro, Banzui chobei Matsumoto Koshiro

白井権八

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Toyokuni I歌川豊国
Date / 年代
1818
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録
750 × 1140 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
British Museum
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
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, an oban diptych from an album of 117 sheets. The kabuki actors Iwai Hanshiro V (right sheet) as Shirai Gonpachi, standing with swords, and Matsumoto Koshiro V (left sheet) as Banzui Chobei standing in front of a palanquin; in the ‘Suzugamori’ scene from the play ‘Banzui Chobei shojin manaita’ by Sakurada Jisuke I performed at the Nakamura theatre in the 3rd month of 1818.

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