Catalog record · 目録番号 15909

Ichikawa Ebijuro as Nuregami Chogoro, Ichikawa Danjuro as Hanaregoma Chokichi

市川鰕十郎の濡髪長五郎、市川団十郎の放駒長吉

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）
Date / 年代: 1820
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 887 px
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, kakuban surimono. The kabuki actors (from right) Ichikawa Ebijuro I as the sumo wrestler Nuregami Chogoro and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as his rival, Hanaregoma Chokichi, both grasping tea cups which they are about to smash in their hands in a show of strength, from Act II, ‘The Sumo Wrestling scene’ (‘Sumoba’), from the play ‘A Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters’, (‘Futatsu chocho kuruwa nikki’), by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 5th month of 1820 (Bunsei 3). Poems by the Kanzen Nanpo-ren poetry club, top left.

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1820 · bm

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