Memorial portrait of the actor Onoe Kikugoro IV. (死絵 四代目尾上菊五郎)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1860
Maker: Anon
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.40
DescriptionThe actor Onoe Kikugoro IV (四代目尾上菊五郎) died on the 28th day of the 6th month, 1860, aged 53.
In the background, a memorial poem and funeral ode are provided.
The family crest of the Onoe family, also known as Otowaya (音羽屋), is 'Overlapping fan and embracing oak (重ね扇に抱柏)' This was created from an episode in which Kikugoro Onoe I received an oak rice cake (柏餅) from a sponsor and accepted it using a fan.
「おも影を / 見送る / 重扇哉 / 五代目梅幸」(Resemblance / Seeing you off / Kasane Ogi (Overlapping fan) /
Baiko V (pen name of a Haiku poet of Onoe Kikugoro V))
「余してや / この手柏の / 江乃道 / 梅婦 (Baihu, a Haiku poet of Onoe Kikugoro IV)」
The implication of 'Kashiwa (柏)' may also be related to their family crest as well.
In the background, a memorial poem and funeral ode are provided.
The family crest of the Onoe family, also known as Otowaya (音羽屋), is 'Overlapping fan and embracing oak (重ね扇に抱柏)' This was created from an episode in which Kikugoro Onoe I received an oak rice cake (柏餅) from a sponsor and accepted it using a fan.
「おも影を / 見送る / 重扇哉 / 五代目梅幸」(Resemblance / Seeing you off / Kasane Ogi (Overlapping fan) /
Baiko V (pen name of a Haiku poet of Onoe Kikugoro V))
「余してや / この手柏の / 江乃道 / 梅婦 (Baihu, a Haiku poet of Onoe Kikugoro IV)」
The implication of 'Kashiwa (柏)' may also be related to their family crest as well.
