Catalog record · 目録番号 40694

Nakamura Shikan as Sanbaso

中村芝翫の三番叟

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban tate-e. Farewell comedy (Nagori Kyogen), showing Nakamura Utaemon IV (Shikan) (a poem above his head) in an ornate and multi-coloured robe and a high and pointed hat performing the sambaso, a comic dance, in the play 'Matakuru haru suzuna no tanemaki' performed at the Nakamura theatre, Edo from the 9th month of 1833 (Tempo 4).

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1833 · bm

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