Japanese Print "Shirai Gonpachi Iwai Hanshiro, Banzui chobei Matsumoto Koshiro 白井権八 岩井半四郎, ばんずい長兵衛 松本幸四郎" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Artist:Utagawa Toyokuni I

Title:Shirai Gonpachi Iwai Hanshiro, Banzui chobei Matsumoto Koshiro 白井権八 岩井半四郎, ばんずい長兵衛 松本幸四郎

Date:1818

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Source:British Museum
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Colour woodblock print, an oban diptych from an album of 117 sheets. The kabuki actors Iwai Hanshiro V (right sheet) as Shirai Gonpachi, standing with swords, and Matsumoto Koshiro V (left sheet) as Banzui Chobei standing in front of a palanquin; in the ‘Suzugamori’ scene from the play ‘Banzui Chobei shojin manaita’ (幡随長兵衛精進爼板) by Sakurada Jisuke I performed at the Nakamura theatre in the 3rd month of 1818.

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