Loyalty to the Master (Shujin chûgi): Actors Sakata Hangorô II as Kiheiji, Sawamura Kinpei as Imawaka, and Sawamura Tanosuke I as Otowaka

「しゆ人忠義　坂田半五郎」（二代目坂田半五郎の喜平字）、沢村金平の今若、初代沢村田之助の乙若

Torii Kiyoshige (Japanese, active 1720–1760)
Publisher: Nishinomiya Shinroku (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1762 (Hôreki 12), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 29.9 x 13.8 cm (11 3/4 x 5 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.437

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1333

DescriptionPlay: Naginoha Izu no Sugatami
Theater: Nakamura
梛葉伊豆形貌観（なぎのはいずのすがたみ）
中村

Signed Torii Kiyoshige hitsu
鳥居清重筆

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross