Untitled Japanese Print by Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artist:Utagawa Toyokuni I
Date:1807 (ca.)
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Source:British Museum
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Colour woodblock print, left sheet of an oban triptych. The kabuki actor Sawamura Gennosuke I probably in the role of Yoshitsune holding a scroll and court fan, in the play 'Mutsu no hana Yashima no gaijin' (also read 'Kigoto no hana Yashima no gaijin'), by Katsu Hyozo I (Tsuruya Nanboku IV), performed at the Ichimura-za in the 11th month of 1807. Poem by Renshotei Wakazumi. Other sheets in this triptych are 1906,1220,0.407 and 1906,1220,0.413.