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ContributorsUtagawa Kuniyoshi (Artist) / 歌川 国芳 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1835 to 1841
Description
Triptych depicting backstage preparations during a kabuki play.
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1851
Description
This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.
ContributorsUtagawa Toyokuni (Artist) / 歌川 豊国 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1815 to 1823
Description
This diptych shows the kabuki actors, Iwai Hanshirō V 五代目 岩井半四郎 as Hanaregoma Chōkichi 放駒長吉 (left) and Nakamura Daikichi 中村大吉 as Nuregami Chōgorō 濡髪長五郎 (right) dueling amongst straw bales of rice.
ContributorsToyohara Kunichika (Artist) / 豊原 国周 (Artist) / Horikō Sakai (Contributor) / 彫工 栄 (Contributor) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1867
Description
This triptych shows a scene from the kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees).