Catalog record · 目録番号 91897

Sono uwasa sakura no irodoki

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyasu歌川国安
Date / 年代: 1825
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 1127 px
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, one sheet of an oban diptych, the character ‘2’ (‘ni’) within a circle indicating that this is the second sheet. The kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as the sumo wrestler Shirafuji Genta, holding an open fan and kiseru pipe with a tobacco tray and tobacco pouch on the floor in front of him; in the Kiyomoto dance drama ‘Sono uwasa sakura no irodoki’ by Sakurada Jisuke I, performed at the Nakamura-za in the 3rd month of 1825. The characters' dialogue is given above.

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1825 · bm

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