Catalog record · 目録番号 40637
Toki ni otsu-e kitai no maremono
梳行逢都繪代稀物
Catalog note / 解説
Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Self-portrait of the artist (centre) seated with painting equipment, surrounded by Otsu folk paintings which have come to life, each with the resemblance of a kabuki actor: (clockwise from right) Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Thunder God (Kaminari), an unknown actor as Catfish with a Gourd (Hyotan namazu), Onoe Kikujiro (?) as Young Falconer (Takajo wakashu), Ichikawa Kuzo as Samurai Footman (Yakko), Otani Hiroemon as Daikoku (Geho), Iwai Kumesaburo as Ushiwaka-maru, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Demon Reciting Buddhist Prayers (Oni nenbutsu), Nakayama Bungoro as Drunkard Samurai Footman (Sakanomi yakko), Onoe Baiko IV as Wisteria Maiden (Fuji musume), Seki Sanjuro…
Image record / 画像情報
BM · 1847 (circa) · bm
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