Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Title: triptych print
Date: 1801-1802
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock print, oban triptych. Thirteen kabuki actors in various costumes sheltering from the rain under a tree (amayadori). From the right, right sheet: Matsumoto Koshiro V dressed as a masterless samurai (ronin, possibly Ono Sadakuro) with two swords running for shelter; Iwai Kumesaburo I as a country maiden (inaka musume) riding on a black ox; centre sheet: Onoe Eizaburo I as a young man (wakashu) standing in a translucent black haori coat holding an open fan; Nakayama Tomisaburo I as a lady standing with an umbrella; Segawa Michisaburo I as a shrine maiden (miko); Bando Mitsugoro III as a monkey trainer (saru hiki, possibly the monkey trainer Sarumawashi Yojiro) crouching down below; Ichikawa Hakuen I as an ascetic pilgrim holding a staff, (rokubu, possibly Otomo no Yamanushi); left sheet: Ichikawa Yaozo III as another pilgrim crouching below; Segawa Roko III standing above as a lady in a black summer kimono holding a closed fan; Segawa Michinosuke as a young maiden with long sleeves (furisode) standing with an open umbrella; Sawamura Gennosuke I as an attendant from Kashima Shrine (Kashima no kotobure) crouching down in a black 'eboshi cap, his stick tied with sacred paper (heihaku) carried behind; Ichikawa Omezo I as a man, standing, holding a black summer 'haori' coat; and Arashi Sanpachi I as a footman (yakko) with a straw hat, holding a black lacquered box.