Artist: Ochiai Yoshiiku
Title: Kawarazaki Gonnosuke no Kumagai Naozane 河原崎権之助の熊谷直実 (Kawarazaki Gonnosuke as Kumaya Naozane) / Haiyu shashin kyo 俳優写真鏡 (Mirror of Photographs of Actors)
Date: 1870
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Colour woodblock print. Half-length portrait of the kabuki actor Kawarazaki Gonnosuke VII in the role of Kumagai Naozane, in the play 'Ichinotani futaba gunki' (一谷嫩軍記) performed at the Ichimura theatre, Tokyo from the 5th day of the 5th month, 1870 (Meiji 3). One of a group of five kabuki actor portraits in a style imitating photographs.
