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Onoe Waichi II (二代目尾上和市) as Ishiwaka Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Sawamura Yoshijiro I (澤村由次郎) as Goemon's son Goroichi (倅五郎市)

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Japanese colour woodblock print showing man and child escaping from fire

Onoe Waichi II (二代目尾上和市) as Ishiwaka Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Sawamura Yoshijiro I (澤村由次郎) as Goemon's son Goroichi (倅五郎市)

Date: 1857
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.63
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Kama-ga-fuchi futatsu tomoe (釜渕双級巴),' performed at the Nakamura theatre (中村座) from 15th day of the 9th month, 1857.

The story is based on an actual historical incident in which the thief Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) was sentenced to be boiled in a kettle with his child on Sanjo-kawara (三条河原), Kyoto.