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Object Type
print
Museum number
1907,0531,0.388
Description
Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actors Nakamura Nakazo I as the barrier guard Sekimori Sekibe, in reality the courtier Otomo no Kuronushi, Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the courtier Yoshimine no Munesada and Segawa Kikunojo III as the poetess Ono no Komachi, in the dance 'Tsumoru koi yuki no sekinoto'; lyrics by Takarada Jurai, Tokiwazu music by Tobaya Richo and choreography by Nishikawa Senzo I; part of the play 'Junihitoe Komachi zakura' performed at the Kiri-za in the 11th month of 1784 (Tenmei 4).
Producer name
Print artist:
Katsukawa Shunko 勝川春好
Cultures/periods
Tenmei Era
Production date
1784
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(19)
Ukiyo-e shuka Vol 11 / Ukiyo-e shuka
(105)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
woodcutter/lumberman
poetry
tool/implement
child
author/poet
Associated names
Representation of:
Nakamura Nakazo I 初代中村仲蔵
Representation of:
Segawa Kikunojo III 三代目瀬川菊之丞
Representation of:
Ichikawa Monnosuke II 二代目市川門之助
Associated with:
Sekibei 関兵衛
Associated with:
Otomo no Kuronushi 大伴黒主
Associated with:
Ono no Komachi (小野小町)
Associated with:
Takarada Jurai (宝田寿来)
Associated with:
Tobaya Richo (鳥羽屋里長)
Associated with:
Nishikawa Senzo I (初代西川扇蔵)
Associated places
Associated with:
Kiri-za
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Tsumori koi yuki no sekinoto (積恋雪関扉)
(dance)
Associated Title:
Junihitoe Komachi zakura (重重人重小町桜)
(play)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Samuel Tuke
Acquisition date
1907
Department
Asia
Registration number
1907,0531,0.388