Nakamara Utaemon III (三代目 中村歌右ヱ門) as Toba-e (鳥羽絵, a Comic Drawing)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1825
Maker: Toyokawa Yoshikuni (豊川芳国)
Dimensions:
380 x 763 mm (all)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.6.3
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Yosete Arata ni Kokono Bake (日本新玉九尾化).'
This scene is an extract from the series Dance of Nine Changes Kokonobake no Uchi (九変化ノ内).
Toba-e (鳥羽絵) is one of the styles of ukiyo-e seen from the Edo to Meiji periods. It caricatures in an abbreviated style.
This scene is an extract from the series Dance of Nine Changes Kokonobake no Uchi (九変化ノ内).
Toba-e (鳥羽絵) is one of the styles of ukiyo-e seen from the Edo to Meiji periods. It caricatures in an abbreviated style.
