Catalog record · 目録番号 2616

Ichikawa Danjuro as Kibahei, Seki Sanjuro as Dekuroku Rokubei, Bando Hikosaburo as Yoritomo, Iwai Shijaku as Tatsuhime, Nakayama Tomisaburo [as yakko Tsuruhei]

市川団十郎の牙木場平、関三十郎のでくろく六兵衛、坂東彦三郎のよりかね、岩井紫若の辰ひめ、中山富三郎の

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）
Date / 年代: 1828
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 1171 px
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban triptych. The kabuki actors (from right) Seki Sanjuro II as the puppeteer ‘kairaishi’ Dekuroku Rokubei, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as the footman ‘yakko’ Kibahei, Bando Hikosaburo IV as Yoritomo, Nakayama Tomisaburo II as the footman ‘yakko’ Tsuruhei, and Iwai Shijaku I as the princess Tatsuhime, in the Kiyomoto dance ‘Kobiki no hana iro kaomise’, (alternate reading ‘Koiji no hana kokoni kaomise’), in the play ‘Sakigake Genji kiba musha’ by Tsuuchi Jihei IV; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 11th month of 1828 (Bunsei 11). The Kiyomoto musicians appear onstage (‘degatari’) with the lead singer Kiyomoto Enjudayu holding his closed fan behind his lectern, (centre s…

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1828 · bm

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