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Object Type
print
Museum number
2008,3037.21332
Title
Object:
Bando Mitsugoro as Sekibei 坂東三津五郎の関兵衛
Description
Colour woodblock print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actor Bando Mitsugoro IV in the role of Sekibei, from the play 'Tsumoru koi yuki no sekinoto' (積恋雪関扉), performed at the Ichimura theatre in the eleventh month of 1832 (Tenpo 3), depicting a seated figure holding a gourd beneath cherry blossom (sheet from a triptych).
Producer name
Print artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
Published by:
Kawaguchiya Shozo 川口屋正蔵
Cultures/periods
Edo Period
Production date
1832
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Dimensions
Height:
37.60 centimetres
Width:
25.60 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
Associated names
Associated with:
Morita Kan'ya XI 十一代目守田勘弥
Representation of:
Sekibei 関兵衛
Associated places
Associated with:
Ichimura-za
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Tsumoru koi yuki no sekinoto (積恋雪関扉)
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
2008,3037.21332
Additional IDs
Previous owner/ex-collection number:
21332
(Miller Collection number)