Description
Kabuki actor Bandō Hikosaburō V 坂東彦三郎 (5代目) as Shintama no Harugorō 新玉の春五郎 representing the New Year’s Day festival. Part of a series of five prints depicting the five most important festivals of the year as actors.

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Title
  • Handsome Street Knights for the Five Festivals: New Year’s Day
  • 美伊達五節句 花方揃侠気名弘
Contributors
  • Utagawa Kunisada (Artist)
  • 歌川 国貞 (Artist)
  • Ebisuya Shōshichi (Publisher)
  • 恵比寿屋 庄七 (Publisher)
  • Horikō Ryūzō (Contributor)
  • 彫工 柳三 (Contributor)
Date Created
1863
Resource Type
  • Image
  • Identifier
    • Identifier Type
      Locally defined identifier
      Identifier Value
      ASUM 2006.048.001
    Note
    • Vertical ōban. Dimensions: 14 ¼ x 9 ½ in. (36.20 x 24.13)
    • Markings: Artist’s signature: Nana-jū-hassai (78-year-old) Toyokuni Hitsu 七十八歳 豊国筆 Artist’s seal: (red toshidama 年玉印) Publisher’s seal: Rectangle with Shō 庄 under double mountains and Kinshōdō 錦昇堂 as vertical text Block cutter’s seal: Horikō Ryūzō 彫工柳三 Censor’s seal: Boar 9 aratame 亥九改
    • Gift of Sid Zarow
    • This print is also held by the Waseda University Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum in Tokyo http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=500-1701, opens in a new window (Accessed 4/11/2016)

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