Catalog record · 目録番号 2562

Artwork 2562

沢村訥升の火

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 × 1050 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Sawamura Tossho I as the rabbit, striking a flint to make sparks as he chases after a tanuki badger carrying firewood on its back, from the folktale ‘Kachikachiyama’, the second section of a five-part hengemono dance illustrating the ‘Five elements’ of wood, fire, earth, metal and water; this section illustrating ‘fire’. The entire dance was called ‘Hina asobi wago no aisho’ (also read ‘Hina asobi wago no aioi’), performed at the Nakamura-za in the 3rd month of 1840 (Tenpo 11).

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1840 · bm

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