Iwai Kumesaburô III (三代目岩井粂三郎) as Tokimasa's Daughter (Sokujo) Tatsu-hime (時政息女辰姫)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1856
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Engraver: Hori-Shoji (彫庄治)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.47
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Hitokanade Kodakara Soga (一曲奏子宝曽我).'
It is the centre of the triptych.
Tokimasa indicates the real historical figure Hojo Tokimasa (北条時政), the first shikken (執権, regent) of the Kamakura shogunate. Tokimasa's Daughter (Sokujo) Tatsu-hime (時政息女辰姫) holds a cloth with the Seiwa Genji clan's family crest, Sasa Rindo (笹竜胆, five bamboo (sasa) leaves and three dragonfly (rindo) flowers).
It is the centre of the triptych.
Tokimasa indicates the real historical figure Hojo Tokimasa (北条時政), the first shikken (執権, regent) of the Kamakura shogunate. Tokimasa's Daughter (Sokujo) Tatsu-hime (時政息女辰姫) holds a cloth with the Seiwa Genji clan's family crest, Sasa Rindo (笹竜胆, five bamboo (sasa) leaves and three dragonfly (rindo) flowers).
