Mimasu Gennnosuke (三桝源之助) as Yasuda Kyokunojo (安田?ノ丞)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.1820-30
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Dimensions:
352 x 750 mm (35.2 x 75 cm)
Image: 750 x 352 mm (75 x 35.2 cm)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.5.1
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Hiragana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記).'
This print belongs to the genre called Gunki-mono (軍記物, A military chronicle) Genpei Seisuiki (源平盛衰記). The story is based on the historical incident, the Genpei War (a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans in the late Heian period).
This print belongs to the genre called Gunki-mono (軍記物, A military chronicle) Genpei Seisuiki (源平盛衰記). The story is based on the historical incident, the Genpei War (a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans in the late Heian period).
By same maker
- Bando Shuka I (一代目坂東志うか) as Hitomaro Oroku (人丸お六) and Bandô Sajûrô I (初代坂東佐十郎), Miyagawa Tsuyanojô (宮川艶之丞), and an unidentified actor as Tabiyakusha (旅役者, the Travelling Actor)
- Ichikawa DanjuroVII (七代目 市川團十郎) as Sagami Goro (相模五郎)
- Nakamura Shikan (中村芝翫) as Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu disguised as boat master Matsuemon (船頭松右衛門実は樋口次郎兼光)
