triptych print

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Object Type: triptych print
Museum number: 1915,0823,0.373-375
Description: Colour woodblock print, an oban triptych from an album of 117 sheets. The kabuki actors Sawamura Shirogoro II (right sheet) as Sushiya Yazaemon, Matsumoto Koshiro V (centre) as Igami no Gonta, and Iwai Hanshiro V (left sheet) as Sushiya musume Osato in ‘The Sushi shop’ scene, from Act III of ‘Yoshitsune senbon zakura’ by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu, performed at the Ichimura-za in the 9th month of 1811.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国; Published by: Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八
Cultures/periods: Bunka Era
Production date: 1811
Production place: Published in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Sawamura Shirogoro II 四代目沢村四郎五郎; Representation of: Iwai Hanshiro V 五代目岩井半四郎; Representation of: Matsumoto Koshiro V 五代目松本幸四郎; Associated with: Osato お里; Associated with: Gonta 権太; Associated with: Yazaemon 弥左衛門; Associated with: Takeda Izumo II 二代目竹田出雲; Associated with: Miyoshi Shoraku 三好松絡; Associated with: Namiki Senryu 並木千柳
Associated titles: Associated Title: Yoshitsune senbon zakura (義経千本桜) (play); Associated Title: Sushiya no ba (鮨屋の場) (scene)
Acquisition name: Transferred from: British Library; Purchased from: Prof William Anderson
Acquisition date: 23 Aug 1915 (transfer date); 21 Mar 1894
Acquisition notes: Transferred from Department of Oriental Manuscripts (August 1915)
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1915,0823,0.373-375
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 21.MR.94; Other BM number: Album.38
Conservation: Treatment: 30 Sep 1996; Treatment: 30 Sep 1996; Treatment: 01 Jan 1900; Treatment: 12 Jun 1996

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