Catalog record · 目録番号 40482

Otsu (Station 53, Print 54)

大津

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1847
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 1066 px
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ

Catalog note / 解説

Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. A scene at the Otsu station on the Tokaido from the kabuki play 'Ichidai banashi'. The kabuki actor Sawamura Sojuro as the bandit leader Nippon Daemon (left) seated on a rock holding a baton, looking down at a dancing frog in front of him, and Onoe Kikugoro III as Nakasaina Sonja (right) seated on a giant toad and holding a bowl from which a golden dragon has emerged.

Image record / 画像情報

BM · from 1843 to 1847 · bm

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