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Object Type
Museum number: 1909,0618,0.58
Description: Colour woodblock print. The kabuki actor Sakata Hangoro IV and Ichikawa Yaozo, crouching, as Kasodate Kannonbo and Fuwa Ban'emon.
Producer name
Production date: 1794-1795 (floruit)
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 36 centimetres; Width: 23.80 centimetres
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Curator's comments: Chief conspirator Fuwa Banzaemon is seated, while the evil monk Kannon-bo towers over him, pushing back his sleeve for a fight. (Label copy, TTC 1995)
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (3); Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 2 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan (213); Gerstle 2005 / Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830 (46)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2019-2020 19 Nov-19 Jan, Edo-Tokyo Museum, Japan, Masters of Ukiyo-e: Five Favorite Artists of Edo Japan 'Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830' British Museum, 8th Aug-15th Sep 2005 Osaka Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 25th Oct-23rd Nov 2005 Waseda Daigaku Tsubouchi-Hakushi Kinen Engeki Hakubutsukan, 27th Dec 2005-23rd Jan 2006
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki
Associated names: Associated with: Sakata Hangoro IV 四代目坂田半五郎; Associated with: Seki Sanjuro III 三代目関三十郎; Associated with: Kasodate Kannonbo; Associated with: Fuwa Ban'emon
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1909
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1909,0618,0.58
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