Toyohara Chikanobu. Bandō Kakitsu I as Shizuka Gozen and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Kitsune Tadanobu / Fan print, c. 1885.

Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu [豊原周延] (Japanese, 1838 – 1912)

Signed: Chikanobu ga [周延画]

Publisher: [ 東京掘江町] Tokyo Horiemachi | [えん市製] Enshi-sei.

Media: Fan print (uchiwa-e, 団扇絵), 192 x 172 mm.

Actors:

Female: Bandō Kakitsu I in the role of Shizuka Gozen [静御前].

Male: Ichikawa Sadanji I in the role of Kitsune Tadanobu [狐忠信], a.k.a. Satō Tadanobu [佐藤忠信].

Bandō Kakitsu I [初代坂東家橘] (Japanese, 1847 – 1893); other names: Ichimura Kakitsu V, Ichimura Uzaemon XIV, Ichimura Kakitsu V, Ichimura Uzaemon XIV, Ichimura Takematsu III.

Ichikawa Sadanji I [市川左団次] (Japanese, 1842 – 1904); other names: Ichikawa Shōjaku I, Ichikawa Koyone, Ichikawa Tatsuzō.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Late 19th century, Meiji Period (1868 – 1912)
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper
Technique	Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Subject	Actor print, Genkurō [源九郎], Kabuki actors, Kabuki theater, Satō Tadanobu [佐藤忠信], Shizuka Gozen [静御前]
Character / Sitter	Bandō Kakitsu I [Ichimura Kakitsu V, Ichimura Uzaemon XIV, Ichimura Kakitsu V, Ichimura Uzaemon XIV, Ichimura Takematsu III] (Japanese, 1847 – 1893), Ichikawa Sadanji I [Ichikawa Shōjaku I, Ichikawa Koyone, Ichikawa Tatsuzō] (Japanese, 1842 – 1904)
Artist	Toyohara Chikanobu [豊原周延] (Japanese, 1838 – 1912)
Publisher	Unknown
Publishing year	1885
Acquisition year	2022

Collection

Japanese prints and drawings