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

Artist: Yōshū Chikanobu [楊洲周延], a.k.a. Toyohara Chikanobu [豊原周延] (Japanese, 1838–1912)

Signed: Chikanobu ga [周延画]

Publisher: Enshūya Ichibei [遠州屋市兵衛] (Japanese, before 1875–c.1887); Marks: Marks 26-165 | 056b; family name Watari Ichibei 渡市兵衛; Address Tokyo Nihonbashi Horiechō Nichōme 10-banchi 日本橋堀江町二丁目十番地. Sealed as Watari Ichibei from 1876.

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

Date: No seal.

Play: No play/performance found

Actors and Roles:

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

Role: Shizuka Gozen [静御ぜん].

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

Role: Kitsune Tadanobu [狐忠信], a.k.a. Satō Tadanobu [佐藤忠信].

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	Yōshū Chikanobu [楊洲周延], a.k.a. Toyohara Chikanobu [豊原周延] (Japanese, 1838-1912)
Publisher	Enshūya Ichibei [遠州屋市兵衛] (Japanese, before 1875–c.1887)
Publishing year	1885
Acquisition year	2022

Collection

Japanese prints and drawings