Catalog record · 目録番号 39925

shini-e

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1847-1852
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 1079 px
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ

Catalog note / 解説

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Memorial portrait (shini-e) of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, who committed suicide at 32 on the sixth day of the eighth month of the seventh year of the period Kaei (1854) following an argument with an Osaka actor, Nakamura Tomijuro, with a valedictory poem by Umeya, in an elegant orange robe, on his knees in a ceremonial bowing position to the audience, a sword lies beside him.

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1843-1847 (circa) · bm

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