A "Pine House" Viewing Of A Soga Play At The Kiri Theatre, Edo
Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川 豊国
(Japanese, 1769–1825)
DateFebruary 1795
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions38.2 x 74.6 cm (15 1/16 x 29 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.1008
DescriptionThe central figure in the group of actors on the stage is that of Kudo Siketsune, impersonated by Ichikawa Ebizo III, the stage name by which the 5th Ichikawa Danjuro was the known. Before his at his left is Sakata Hangoro III as Omi no Kotoda; and in front of him is Yamashita Kinasaku II as Tsukisayo, a woman who holds a papier-mache figureOn View
Not on view
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡 芳年
late autumn, 1882
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
late 1822
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡 芳年
July 1883
