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Object Type
print
Museum number
1915,0823,0.590
Title
Object:
Ichikawa Komazo III as Shunkan 三代目市川高麗蔵の俊寛
Description
Colour woodblock print, hosoban. The kabuki actor Ichikawa Komazo III as the priest Shunkan holding up a circular mirror, in the play ‘Shunkan shima monogatari’ (俊寛嶋物語); performed at the Kawarasaki-za from 9th month of 1791 (Kansei 3).
Producer name
Print artist:
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英
Published by:
Tsuruya Kiemon 鶴屋喜右衛門
Cultures/periods
Kansei Era
Production date
1791
Production place
Made in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
Associated names
Portrait of:
Matsumoto Koshiro V 五代目松本幸四郎
Representation of:
Shunkan (俊寛)
Associated places
Associated with:
Kawarasaki-za
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Shunkan shima monogatari (俊寛嶋物語)
((play))
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1915
Acquisition notes
Transferred from Department of Oriental Manuscripts (August 1915)
Department
Asia
Registration number
1915,0823,0.590