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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1909,0618,0.58
Description
Colour woodblock print. The kabuki actors Sakata Hangoro IV as Kasodate Kannonbo and Ichikawa Yaozo III (crouching) as Fuwa Ban'emon.
Producer name
Print artist:
Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽
Production date
1794-1795
(floruit)
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Dimensions
Height:
36 centimetres
Width:
23.80 centimetres
$Inscriptions
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
Representation of:
Sakata Hangoro IV 四代目坂田半五郎
Representation of:
Suketakaya Takasuke II 二代目助高屋高助
(as Ichikawa Yaozo III)
Associated with:
Kasodate Kannonbo
Associated with:
Fuwa Ban'emon
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W B Paterson
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Ernest Mason Satow
Acquisition date
1909
Department
Asia
Registration number
1909,0618,0.58
Conservation
Remount
: 29 Aug 2019