Catalog record · 目録番号 2531

Onoe Kikugoro as Omatsuri Sashichi, Onoe Eizaburo as Geisha Koito

尾上菊五郎のおまつり佐七、尾上栄三郎の芸者小糸

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）
Date / 年代: 1840
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 1085 px
Published by / 公開者: 青木ソラ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro III (right) as Omatsuri Sashichi next to a standing screen (tsuitate), with bare arms showing tattoos, holding a tobacco pipe (kiseru) and tobacco pouch in one hand and a box with a smoking set in the other, and Onoe Eizaburo III as the geisha Koito seated holding a teacup next to a standing screen (tsuitate), in the play ‘Ume sakuya wakakiba Soga’, by Namiki Gohei III; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 1st month of 1840 (Tenpo 11).

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1840 · bm

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