Description
Depicted in this print is the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō 尾上菊五郎 as Hisayoshi Hashiba 羽柴久吉 (a pseudonym for Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣 秀吉) in the play Sanmon Gosan no Kiri.
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Title
- Scene From the Play "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri"
- 楼門五三桐
Contributors
- Utagawa Kunisada (Artist)
- 歌川 国貞 (Artist)
- Gototei Kuniyoshiga (Publisher)
- 五渡亭国貞画 (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1840
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Identifier
- Identifier TypeLocally defined identifierIdentifier ValueASUM 2007.163.001
Note
- Vertical ōban. Dimensions: 14 ¾ x 9 ⅞ in. (37.47 x 25.08 cm)
- Markings: Artist’s signature: Gototei Kuniyoshiga 五渡亭国貞画 Publisher’s seal: Kyū 久under double sickles Censor's seal: 極
- This is the opening of the climactic scene of Sanmon Gosan no Kiri. Hisayoshi is disguised as a pilgrim visiting Nanzenji Temple in Kyoto. He is painting a poem about his enemy, the outlaw Ishikawa Goemon 石川 五右衛門, on the temple gate.
- Gift of Dr. Lee Ehrlich
