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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II as Yuzuriha Yanone Soga no Gorô


「ゆづりはやのね そがの五郎 市川団十郎」(二代目)
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Torii Kiyoshige (Japanese, active 1720–1760)
Publisher: Sagamiya Yohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1729 (Kyôhô 14), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metallic powder
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.3 x 16 cm (12 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5446
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 2370
DescriptionPlay: Suehiro Ehô Soga
Theater: Nakamura

The first performance of the famous Yanone scene, which was later designated as one of the Eight Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki jûhachiban) of the Ichikawa lineage.
扇恵方曽我(すえひろえほうそが)
中村
Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.