Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 47343

The kabuki actor Sawamura Sojuro III in an unidentified role, but probably Mutsuzo, in reality Genza

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Toyokuni I歌川豊国
Date / 年代
1797
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録
750 × 1195 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
British Museum
Published by / 公開者
紫藤メイ
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, oban. The kabuki actor Sawamura Sojuro III in an unidentified role, but probably Mutsuzo, in reality Genzaemon, holding a votive painting ('ema') of a horse, with a tobacco pouch and pipe case hanging from his obi sash; in the ‘Miyamairi musubu kamigaki’ scene from the play ‘Yuki onna keizu no hachinoki’ by Namiki Gohei I, performed at the Kiri-za in the 11th month of 1797.

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