Kinoe no Haru Kogane no Wakamochi (甲子春黄金若餅)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1863
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Dimensions:
Image: 360 x 245 mm (36 x 24.5 cm)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.2013.66.M
DescriptionThis series of five nishikie depicts a scene from the year-end tradition of pounding rice cakes. The figures are assigned to popular Kabuki actors of the time. From right, Ichikawa Haozo (市川八百藏) as Matudori no Sanzo (松緑りの三藏), Ichikawa Ichizo (市川市蔵) as Yume no Chogoro (夢の蝶五郎), Sawamura Tossho (沢村訥舛) as Kangiku no Genji (釻菊の源（カ）次), Nakamura Shikan (中村芝翫) as Ibishi no Komakichi (ｲ菱の駒吉), Ichikawa Kakitsu (市村家橘) as Naruto no Nadakichi (鳴門の灘吉), Ichikawa Kuzo (市川九藏) as Miyoshino no Momohachi (三芳竪の茂々八), Kawarazaki Gonjuro (河原崎權十郎) as Takaramusubi no Sentaro (宝結の千太郎), Arachi Kichiroku (嵐吉六) as Tecchi Chouta (てっち長太), Bando Muraemon (坂東村右エ門) as Totsuko no Tousuke (とつこの東助), Bando Mitsugoro (坂東三津五郎) as Hanakatsumi no Ohide (花勝見のおひで), Bando Hikosaburo (坂東彦三郎) as Fukutokuya Takesaburo (福徳屋竹三郎), Ichikawa Sadanji (市川小團次) as Housaku no Komeemon (豊作の米右エ門), Sawamura Tanosuke (沢村田之助) as Younger sister Oyoshi (妹およし), Onoe Eizaburo (尾上栄三郎) as a maidservant Outa (下女お歌) and Iwai Kumesarubo (岩井粂三郎) as A lady Oyama (女房おやま).
