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Object Type
Museum number: 1908,0718,0.35
Title: Object: Ichimura Uzaemon as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue 市村羽左衛門の梶原源太景季
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue, from Act II, ‘The Disinheriting of Genta’ (‘Genta kando’) (源太勘当), in the play ‘Hiragana seisuiki’ (ひらがな盛衰記), (also ‘Hirakana seisuiki’), by Bunkodo, Miyoshi Shoraku, Asada Kakei and Takeda Izumo II; performed at the Ichimura-za in the 4th month of 1840 (Tenpo 11). A poem by the actor above signed and sealed.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III); Published by: Yamamotoya Heikichi (山本屋平吉)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1840
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki
Associated names: Associated with: Ichimura Takenojo V 五代目市村竹之丞; Associated with: Kajiwara Genta Kagesue 梶原源太景季; Associated with: Bunkodo (文耕堂); Associated with: Miyoshi Shoraku (三好松絡); Associated with: Asada Kakei (浅田可啓); Associated with: Takeda Izumo II (二代目竹田出雲)
Associated places: Associated with: Ichimura-za
Associated titles: Associated Title: Hiragana seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記) ((play)); Associated Title: Hirakana seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記) (alternate reading); Associated Title: Genta kando (源太勘当) (scene)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1908
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1908,0718,0.35

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