triptych print

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type
Museum number: 1907,0531,0.607.1-3
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban triptych. The kabuki actors (from left) Seki Sanjuro II as Haenuki no Iwa, Ichikawa Monnosuke III as the geisha Oben, caught in a fisherman's net, and Onoe Kikugoro III as the boatman Tomozuna no Kame, rowing along the Sumida River at night, in the play 'Ise heishi ume no mitegura' by Tsuruya Nanboku IV; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 11th month of 1820 (Bunsei 3).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III); Published by: Iseya Rihei (伊勢屋利兵衛)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1820
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: kabuki; geisha; fisherman/fishing
Associated names: Representation of: Seki Sanjuro II 二代目関三十郎; Associated with: Haenuki no Iwa はへぬきの岩; Representation of: Ichikawa Monnosuke III 三代目市川門之助; Associated with: Oben; Representation of: Onoe Kikugoro III 三代目尾上菊五郎; Associated with: Tomozuna no Kame (友綱の亀); Associated with: Tsuruya Nanboku IV (四代目鶴屋南北)
Associated places: Associated with: Kawarasaki-za; Topographic representation of: Sumida-gawa
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1907,0531,0.607.1-3
Conservation

Free entry