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Object Type
print
Museum number
1906,1220,0.416
Description
Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actors Yoshizawa Enjiro I as the shirabyoshi dancer Renri, dancing with hats, with Matsumoto Koshiro V and Sawamura Gennosuke I as two temple priests, in the dance ‘Kyoganoko musume Dojoji’ performed at the Ichimura-za from the 5th month of 1807.
Producer name
Print artist:
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国
Published by:
Shimizu (清水)
(?)
Cultures/periods
Bunka Era
Production date
1807
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The ‘Kabuki Nendaiki’ gives the priests’ names as Kongobo (Koshiro) and Itokubo (Gennosuke). (Paul Griffith, 26/11/2009.)
Bibliographic references
Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(81)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
dancer
buddhist cleric
Associated names
Representation of:
Matsumoto Koshiro V 五代目松本幸四郎
Representation of:
Sawamura Sojuro IV 四代目澤村宗十郎
Representation of:
Yoshizawa Enjiro I 初代芳沢円次郎
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Kyoganoko musume Dojoji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
(dance)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date
1906
Department
Asia
Registration number
1906,1220,0.416