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Object Type
Museum number: 1943,0410,0.7.69
Title: Object: Bando Hikosaburo V as Onigatake Horaemon 五代目坂東彦三郎の鬼ヶ嶽洞右衛門
Description: Colour woodblock print, oban, from an album of 80 sheets. Series of 46 comic views of Edo and 33 prints of actors. The kabuki actor Bando Hikosaburo V as the sumo wrestler Onigatake Horaemon in the play ‘Sekitori nidai no shobuzuke’ (関取二代勝負付) by Yatami Heishichi, performed at the Nakamura-za from the 23rd of the 9th month of 1861 (Bunkyu 1). The background is signed ‘Gengyo sei’, with artist’s seal. Poem on the left signed ‘Godai Shinsui’ (五代薪水), the actor’s poetry name (‘haimyo’ 俳名).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III); Print artist: Miyagi Gengyo (宮城玄魚); Published by: Kagiya Shobei (鍵屋庄兵衛)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1861
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; landscape; kabuki
Associated names: Associated with: Bando Hikosaburo V (五代目坂東彦三郎); Associated with: Onigatake (鬼ヶ嶽); Associated with: Yatami Heishichi (八民平七)
Associated places: Associated with: Nakamura-za 中村座
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1943
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1943,0410,0.7.69
Additional IDs: Other BM number: Album.5

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