Arashi Kichisaburo III (三代目嵐吉三郎) as Onzoshi Imawakamaru (今若丸)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1854
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.50
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Megumi no Irohuri Sode Genji (潤嬬児源氏).'
Imawakamaru (今若丸) is the childhood name of Ano Zenjo (阿野全成), a Buddhist monk of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.
He was the seventh son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, half-brother of Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝), the first general of the Kamakura Shogunate.
Imawakamaru (今若丸) is the childhood name of Ano Zenjo (阿野全成), a Buddhist monk of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.
He was the seventh son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, half-brother of Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝), the first general of the Kamakura Shogunate.
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