Catalog record · 目録番号 47407

The fourth sheet from a polyptych from an album of 117 sheets

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 × 1120 px
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban. The fourth sheet from a polyptych from an album of 117 sheets. The kabuki actor Onoe Matsusuke II as Soga no Juro Sukenari, with a sword and holding a folded fan; in an unstaged scene (‘mitate’) depicting the Soga brothers’ confrontation, (‘Soga no taimen’). For other designs from this polyptych see 1908,0718,0.81; 1915,0823,0.334; 1915,0823,0.335; and 1915,0823,0.337.

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1813 · bm

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