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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
2008,3037.21305
Title
Object:
Tamashima Ittou; Furuneko no kai; Inabanosuke 玉嶋逸当、古猫の怪、因幡之助
Series:
Gojusantsugi Okazaki 五十三駅 岡崎
(The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, Okazaki)
Description
Colour woodblock print, oban yoko-e. The Kabuki actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII (left) as Inaba no Suke, Onoe Kikugoro III as the ghost of the Old Cat, and Sawamura Sojuro V as Tamashima Itto in the Okazaki scene from the play 'Onoe Kikugoro ichidai banashi,' performed at the Ichimura theatre in the seventh month of Koka 4 [1847].
Producer name
Print artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
Published by:
Ezakiya Kichibei
Cultures/periods
Edo Period
Production date
1847
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Dimensions
Height:
24.80 centimetres
Width:
36.80 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
cat
Associated names
Representation of:
Ichimura Takenojo V 五代目市村竹之丞
Representation of:
Onoe Kikugoro III (三代目尾上菊五郎)
Representation of:
Sawamura Sojuro V (五代目澤村宗十郎)
Representation of:
Tamashima Itto (玉島逸当)
Representation of:
Okazaki no Bakeneko (岡崎の化猫)
Representation of:
Inabanosuke (因幡之助)
Associated places
Associated with:
Ichimura-za
Associated with:
Okazaki-shi
Associated with:
Tokaido
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Onoe Kikugoro ichidai banashi 尾上梅寿一代噺
Acquisition name
Donated by:
American Friends of the British Museum
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Prof Arthur R Miller
Acquisition date
2008
Department
Asia
Registration number
2008,3037.21305
Additional IDs
Previous owner/ex-collection number:
21305
(Miller Collection number)