triptych print

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Museum number: 1915,0823,0.353
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban triptych from an album of 117 sheets. The kabuki actors Iwai Hanshiro V as Shirai Gonpachi (right sheet), standing holding his swords, Matsumoto Koshiro V as Banzui Chobei (centre) and Sawamura Gennosuke I as Tanabe Bunzo (left sheet) in the play ‘Reigen Soga no magaki’ by Katsu Hyozo I, (Tsuruya Nanboku IV), performed at the Ichimura-za in the 4th month of 1809.
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Production date: 1809
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Curator's comments: The Enpaku website gives the play title as ‘Reigen Soga no kamigaki’, with the same kanji. (Paul Griffith, 27/11/2009.)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Sawamura Sojuro IV (四代目澤村宗十郎); Representation of: Matsumoto Koshiro V (五代目松本幸四郎); Representation of: Iwai Hanshiro V (五代目岩井半四郎); Associated with: Tsuruya Nanboku IV (四代目鶴屋南北); Associated with: Banzui Chobei (幡随長兵衛); Associated with: Shirai Gonpachi (白井權八); Associated with: Tanabe Bunzo
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Acquisition date: 1915
Acquisition notes: Transferred from Department of Oriental Manuscripts (August 1915)
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1915,0823,0.353
Additional IDs: Other BM number: Album.38
Conservation: Treatment: 12 Jun 1996; Treatment: 01 Jan 1900

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