Memorial portrait of the actor Segawa Kikunojo V. (死絵 五代目瀬川菊之丞)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1832
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.41
DescriptionMemorial portrait of the actor Segawa Kikunojo V, who died on the 6th day of the first month based on this print, however, according to Kabuki haiyū meiseki benran (歌舞伎俳優名跡便覧), the date of death of this actor was 7th.
In the background, a memorial poem and funeral ode (「斎はやすおとに / とられつ松の風 / 路考」) is provided.
In the background, a memorial poem and funeral ode (「斎はやすおとに / とられつ松の風 / 路考」) is provided.
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- Commemoration of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in various roles. (死絵 八代目市川團十郎)
- Scenes from a play titled 'The capital (Kyoto) from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido highway (吾嬬下五十三駅).'
