Catalog record · 目録番号 15908

Matsumoto Koshiro as Moronao

松本幸四郎の師直

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）
Date / 年代: 1815
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 987 px
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Ko no Moronao, wearing black formal costume of large crested sleeves (‘daimon’) with the ‘eboshi’ court cap and two swords; in Act I, ‘The Grand Prologue’ (‘Daijo’), of the play ‘Kanadehon Chushingura’, by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 9th month of 1815 (Bunka 12).

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1815 · bm

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