Catalog record · 目録番号 2563

ichikawa Yaozo changing names to Seki Sanjuro as Heiji Kagetaka

市川八百蔵改関三十郎の平次景高

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 × 1068 px
Published by / 公開者: 紫藤メイ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Seki Sanjuro III as Heiji Kagetaka, from Act II, ‘The Disinheriting of Genta’ (‘Genta kando’), in the play ‘Hiragana seisuiki’, (also ‘Hirakana seisuiki’), by Bunkodo, Miyoshi Shoraku, Asada Kakei and Takeda Izumo II; performed at the Ichimura-za in the 4th month of 1840 (Tenpo 11). A poem by the actor above signed and sealed.

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1840 · bm

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