triptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 2018,3021.122.1-3
Description: Triptych print, colour woodblock. The kabuki actors (right) Ichikawa Ebizo V as Matsuomaru; (centre) Ichikawa Komazo V as Umeomaru; (left) Iwai Shijaku I as Sakuramaru, in Act III, the scene ‘Kuruma-biki’ (車引), from the play ‘Sugawara denju tenarai kagami’, by Takeda Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu; performed at the Kawarasaki-za in the 3rd month of 1838. (Tenpo 9).
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III); Published by: Tsuruya Kiemon 鶴屋喜右衛門
School/style
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1838 (third month)
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 38.10 centimetres (centre); Height: 26.20 centimetres (left); Height: 37.80 centimetres (left); Height: 38.10 centimetres (right); Width: 26 centimetres (centre); Width: 25.90 centimetres (right)
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Ichikawa Danjuro VII 七代目市川団十郎; Representation of: Matsuomaru (松王丸); Named in inscription & portrayed: Matsumoto Kinsho I 初代松本錦升 (as Ichikawa Komazo V); Representation of: Umeomaru (梅王丸); Named in inscription & portrayed: Iwai Hanshiro VII 七代目岩井半四郎; Representation of: Sakuramaru (桜丸); Associated with: Takeda Izumo I (初代竹田出雲) (playwright); Associated with: Miyoshi Shoraku (三好松絡) (playwright); Associated with: Namiki Senryu (並木千柳) (playwright)
Associated places: Associated with: Kawarasaki-za
Associated titles: Associated Title: Sugawara denju tenarai kagami; Associated Title: Kuruma-biki 車引 (scene)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2018
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2018,3021.122.1-3

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