Estampe japonaise "polyptych print" par Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artiste :Utagawa Toyokuni I
Titre :polyptych print
Date :1815
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Source :British Museum
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Description :
Colour woodblock print, oban polyptych from an album of 117 sheets. A six sheet composition depicting an imaginary performance (mitate) of the 'Confrontation of the Soga brothers' (Soga no taimen), each sheet numbered one to six. Sheet 1: the kabuki actors Matsumoto Koshiro V as (Omi no) Kotoda with swords, Nakamura Matsue III as the courtesan Shosho and Seki Sanjuro II as Izu no Jiro; sheet 2: Ichikawa Dannosuke III as the courtesan (Oiso no) Tora, Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kudo (Suketsune) and Segawa Tamon I as (Soga no) Ninomiya; sheet 3: Ichikawa Ichizo I as Yoshimori, Bando Mitsugoro III as Yawata (Saburo) and Bando Minosuke II as Kenbomaru; sheet 4: Iwai Kumesaburo II as Maizuru, Matsumoto Yonesaburo II as (Miura no) Katakai and Arashi Sangoro III as Asahina; sheet 5: Onoe Baiko III as (Soga Juro) Sukenari and Nakamura Utaemon III as Onio (Shinzaemon); sheet 6: Iwai Hanshiro V as (Soga no Goro) Tokimune and Ichikawa Sanzo IX as Danzaburo.
