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Sawamura Tossho II (二代目沢村訥升) as Iwagi Toba (岩木当馬) (R), Onoe Waichi II (二代目尾上和市) as Ishiwaka Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Sawamura Yoshijiro I (澤村由次郎) as Goemon's son Goroichi (倅五郎市) (C), Onoe Waichi II (二代目尾上和市) as Ishiwaka Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Sawamura Yoshijiro I (澤村由次郎) as Goemon's son Goroichi (倅五郎市) (L)

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Japanese colour woodblock print showing man seated by fire, with smoke cloud overhead

Sawamura Tossho II (二代目沢村訥升) as Iwagi Toba (岩木当馬) (R), Onoe Waichi II (二代目尾上和市) as Ishiwaka Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Sawamura Yoshijiro I (澤村由次郎) as Goemon's son Goroichi (倅五郎市) (C), Onoe Waichi II (二代目尾上和市) as Ishiwaka Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Sawamura Yoshijiro I (澤村由次郎) as Goemon's son Goroichi (倅五郎市) (L)

Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1857
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.62-64
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Kama-ga-fuchi futatsu tomoe (釜渕双級巴),' performed at the Nakamura theatre (中村座) from 15th day of the 9th month, 1857.

The story is based on an actual historical incident in which the thief Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) was sentenced to be boiled in a kettle with his child on Sanjo-kawara (三条河原), Kyoto.