Utagawa Kunisada. Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Kinugawa Iemon and Iwai Kumesaburō II as Tōfuya Kasane in kabuki play ‘Banzei okuni kabuki’ / Fan print, 1827.
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII [市川団十郎] and Iwai Kumesaburō II [岩井粂三郎] as Kinugawa Iemon [絹川伊右衛門] and Tōfuya Kasane [とうふやヶさね], resp., in kabuki play Banzei okuni kabuki [万歳阿国歌舞妓], performed at Ichimura Theatre [市村座] on March, 21, 1827.
References: Kunisada Project; Waseda University.
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII [市川団十郎] (Japanese, 1791 – 1859); other names: Ichikawa Ebizō V, Ichikawa Hakuen II, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I.
Iwai Hanshirō VI [[岩井半四郎] (Japanese, 1799 – 1836); other names: Iwai Hanshirō VI, Iwai Kumesaburō II, Iwai Hisajirō I, Baiga (poetry name), Shūka (poetry name).
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada [歌川 国貞], a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代 歌川 豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865).
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga [五渡亭國貞画].
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, fl. 1790s-1860s).
Date seal and aratame seal: boar (亥), Bunsei 10 – 1827.
Untrimmed fan print (aiban yoko-e uchiwa-e), 235 x 270 mm.
Ichimura-za Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke):
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| Period | 19 AD, Bunsei era [文政] (04/ 1818 – 12/1830), Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century |
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| Subject | 19th century, Actors, Banzei okuni kabuki [万歳阿国歌舞妓], Drama, Ichimura-za, Kabuki actors, Kabuki play, Kabuki theater, Kinugawa Iemon [絹川伊右衛門], Theatre, Tōfuya Kasane [とうふやヶさね] |
| Character/Sitter | Ichikawa Danjūrō VII [Ichikawa Ebizō V, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I] (Japanese, 1791 – 1859), Iwai Hanshirō VI [Iwai Kumesaburō II, Iwai Hisajirō I] (Japanese, 1799 – 1836) |
| Artist | Utagawa Kunisada [歌川 国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865) |
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