Ogino Isaburo I as the Otokodate Karigane Bunshichi
Artist/Culture
Torii Kiyomasu II
(Japanese, 1706–1763)
Date1730
MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper; hand colored (yellow); beni-e, urushi-e with brass filings
Dimensions29.8 x 15.4 cm (11 3/4 x 6 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsPublisher:Urokogata-ya hanmoto (the publisher Urokogata-ya) and publisher's mark, circle with three triangles [in sash-shaped cartouche (obi-gata hyoki)]
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.342
DescriptionHosoban.Label TextOgino Isaburo I (1703-48) as the otokodate Karigane Bunshichi in the play "The five Otokodate of the Full Moon" (Meigetsu Gonin Otoko) at the Nakamura-za, Edo, in the autumn of 1730 (Kyoho 15). [Must double-check with Kabuki nenpyo] According to Gookin the text about Bunshichi's role, printed upon the background, he (Bunshichi) announces himself as one who is well known in Osaka. [Inscription needs to be fully translated]. Bunshichi has secured a sword, a shakuhachi (five-holed bamboo clarinet) and an inro (with a fan [uchiwa] motif) under his waist sash.
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Not on viewCollections
Torii Kiyomasu II
early to mid-1720's
Nishimura, Shigenaga
about 1730
