print
- Museum number
- 1909,0618,0.38
- Description
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Woodblock print. The kabuki actor Sakata Hangoro III as Fujikawa Mizuemon in the play 'Hana-ayame bunroku Soga'.
- Production date
- 1794
- Dimensions
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Height: 36.10 centimetres
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Width: 23.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The villain of the piece, who murdered Ishii Hyoe, father of the two brothers. Here he is shown with a wild mop of hair, pulling back a sleeve to draw his sword, preparing to fight Ishii Genzo. (Label copy, TTC 1995)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2019-2020 19 Nov-19 Jan, Edo-Tokyo Museum, Japan, Masters of Ukiyo-e: Five Favorite Artists of Edo Japan
2020 28 Jan-22 Mar, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, Masters of Ukiyo-e: Five Favorite Artists of Edo Japan
2020, 2 Apr-31 May, Japan, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, Masters of Ukiyo-e: Five Favorite Artists of Edo Japan
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Hana-ayame bunroku Soga 花菖蒲文禄曽我 (The Iris Soga Story of the Bunroku Period) (performed at the Miyako-za theatre in fifth month 1794)
- Acquisition date
- 1909
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1909,0618,0.38
