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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô as Shibuya Konnomaru Masatoshi in a Shibaraku scene


市川鰕蔵(先の五代目市川団十郎)の渋谷金王丸昌俊
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yama-Den (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1791 (Kansei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 17.8 cm (14 1/4 x 7 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6975
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kin no Menuki Genke no Kakutsuba (The Golden Sword Decoration and the Square Sword Guard of the Minamoto Family)
Theater: Ichimura
金◇◇源家角鐔(きんのめぬきげんけのかくつば)
市村

On this occasion, the former Ichikawa Danjûrô V changed his name to Ichikawa Ebizô, while his son Ichikawa Ebizô IV (with a different spelling) became Ichikawa Danjûrô VI.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; January 1917, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.