Catalog record · 目録番号 20689

The Flourishing of Dance Drama in the East (Edo) (Odori kieyo To-e no Sakae)

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）
Date / 年代: 1851
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / scholten
Digital image / 画像: 640 × 318 px
Published by / 公開者: 朝倉レン

Catalog note / 解説

depicting the interior of a kabuki theater, the actors on the stage in the costumes of characters from several different plays; to the left, Ichikawa Danjuro commands the hanamachi in the Shibaraku costume, while the lively audience itself plays the central role of the composition, signed at left, Ichiyosai Hinashi Toyokuni ga with Toshidama seal, the publisher cartouche below, Noshoya Yasubei (c. 1851-70), and date seal on top margin of each sheet uma-shichi (year of the horse, seventh month), 1858

Image record / 画像情報

SCHOLTEN · 1851 · scholten

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