Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Shirai Gonpachi Iwai Tojaku, Chobei Matsumoro Kosiro 白井権八 岩井杜若, 長兵衛 松本幸四郎 - British Museum

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title: Shirai Gonpachi Iwai Tojaku, Chobei Matsumoro Kosiro 白井権八 岩井杜若, 長兵衛 松本幸四郎

Date: 1833 (Tenpo 4)

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Colour woodblock print, an oban diptych. The kabuki actors Iwai Tojaku I (right sheet) as Shirai Gonpachi, standing with swords, and Matsumoto Koshiro V (left sheet) as Chobei; in the ‘Suzugamori’ scene from the play ‘Mitsuicho gozonji no edozome’ (三銀杏御存地染) performed at the Nakamura theatre in the 5th month of 1833.

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