diptych print
- Museum number
- 2018,3021.112.1-2
- Title
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Object: Oboshi Yuranosuke Onoe Kikugoro 名古屋山三 尾上菊五郎
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Object: Teraoka Heiemon Mimasu Gennosuke 寺岡平右衛門 三升源之助
- Description
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Print, colour woodblock, diptych. Double portrait of kabuki actors The kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro III (R) as Oboshi Yuranosuke and Mimasu Gennosuke I (L) as Teraoka Heiemon, in Act VII, ‘The Gion Ichiriki Teahouse Scene’ (祇園一力茶屋の場) from the play ‘Kanadehon Chushingura’ (仮名手本忠臣蔵) by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu; performed at the Nakamura-za in the 7th month of 1825. (Bunsei 8).
- Production date
- 1825 (Seventh month)
- Dimensions
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Height: 37.90 centimetres (left)
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Height: 38.20 centimetres (right)
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Width: 25.50 centimetres (left)
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Width: 25.50 centimetres (right)
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- Curator's comments
- This exchange of dialogue takes place close to the start of Act VII. In his dishevelled state, the Chief Retainer Oboshi Yuranosuke is pretending to be drunk as he ridicules the lowly footman Teraoka Heiemon. Having heard there is a plan to avenge the death of their lord, Heiemon is pleading to be allowed to join the group of loyal retainers but, wary of the enemy, Yuranosuke denies that such a plan exists. (Paul Griffith, 28/01/2022)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Kanadehon Chushingura 仮名手本忠臣蔵 (play)
- Acquisition date
- 2018
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2018,3021.112.1-2
