Catalog record · 目録番号 47310

Kisaragi (First Month)

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Toyokuni I初代歌川豊国
Date / 年代: 1813
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 1140 px
Published by / 公開者: 紫藤メイ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Bando Mitsugoro III as a dancing priest (‘bozu’), holding a mask and large pestle, in ‘Handa Inari’, the second of twelve dances in the hengemono ‘Shiki no nagame yosete mitsudai’, (lyrics by Fukumori Kyusuke I and music by Tobaya Richo I), performed at the Nakamura-za in the 3rd month of 1813. Subtitled 'Kisaragi' (the second lunar month).

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1813 · bm

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