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Actors Onoe Kikugorō as Shigetada, Ichikawa Danzō as Akoya Kudari, and Bandō Mitsusaburō as Iwanaga Saemon

Woodblock Print
1790-1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Kunisada I (artist)
Place of origin
Edo (made)
Japan (made)

Woodblock print triptych. Three sheets in ōban format, nishiki-e (full-colour print). Three figures in indoor setting.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Woodblock print
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Woodblock Print
  • Woodblock Print
  • Woodblock Print
TitleActors Onoe Kikugorō as Shigetada, Ichikawa Danzō as Akoya Kudari, and Bandō Mitsusaburō as Iwanaga Saemon (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print triptych, 'Actors Onoe Kikugorō as Shigetada, Ichikawa Danzō as Akoya Kudari, and Bandō Mitsusaburō as Iwanaga Saemon' by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), Edo (Tokyo), Japan, 1790-1805.
Physical description
Woodblock print triptych. Three sheets in ōban format, nishiki-e (full-colour print). Three figures in indoor setting.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 25.4cm (Note: Dimensions apply individually to each sheet)
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「重忠　尾上菊五郎」 (On right sheet)
    Translation
    [Actor] Onoe Kikugorō [as] Shigetada
    Transliteration
    'Shigetada Onoe Kikugorō'
  • (censor's seal)
  • 「阿古屋　下り　市川団蔵」 (On centre sheet)
    Translation
    [Actor] Ichikawa Danzō [as] Akoya Kudari
    Transliteration
    'Akoya Kudari Ichikawa Danzō'
  • 「岩永左衛門　坂東三津五郎」 (On left sheet)
    Translation
    [Actor] Bandō Mitsusaburō [as] Iwanaga Saemon
    Transliteration
    'Iwanaga Saemon Bandō Mitsusaburō'
  • 「五渡亭国貞画」 (Artist signature, on three sheets)
    Transliteration
    'Gototei Kunisada ga'
Object history
Acquisition method and source not identified in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subject depicted
THEATRE
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.5977:1-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O32974/actors-onoe-kikugorō-as-shigetada-woodblock-print-utagawa-kunisada-i/
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