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Object Type
Museum number: 1907,0531,0.391
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actors Ichikawa Danzaburo IV as the fox Genkuro (Genkuro Kitsune) and Onoe Monzaburo II as Shizuka Gozen holding a tsuzumi drum, in the play 'Yoshitsune senbon zakura' by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu, probably performed at a 'children's theatre' (kodomo shibai).
Producer name: Print artist: Katsukawa Shuntei 勝川春亭; Published by: Enomotoya Kichibei 榎本屋吉兵衛
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1801
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Curator's comments: Onoe Monzaburo II succeeded to that name in the 1st month of 1801, while Ichikawa Danzaburo IV gave his last performance in Edo in the 9th month of that year before accompanying Danzo IV to Osaka. Therefore the print must have been published between the 1st and 9th months of 1801. Monzaburo and Danzaburo appeared at different theatres for most of this year, but both did perform together for the ‘children’s theatre’, (‘kodomo shibai’), at the Yuki-za in Fukiya-cho in the autumn. (Paul Griffith, 25/11/2009).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki; dance; musical instrument
Associated names: Representation of: Ichikawa Danzo V 五代目市川団蔵; Representation of: Ogino Izaburo III 三代目荻野伊三郎 (as Onoe Monzaburo II); Associated with: Takeda Izumo II (二代目竹田出雲); Associated with: Miyoshi Shoraku (三好松絡); Associated with: Namiki Senryu (並木千柳); Associated with: Genkuro Kitsune 源九郎狐; Associated with: Satō Tadanobu 佐藤忠信; Associated with: Shizuka Gozen 静御前
Associated titles: Associated Title: Yoshitsune senbon zakura (義経千本桜) (Play); Associated Title: Shi no kiri (四の切) (Scene name); Associated Title: Kawatsura Hogen yakata no ba (河連法眼館の場) (Scene name)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1907,0531,0.391

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