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「一世一代」 「おその 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Osono, in a Once-in-a-Lifetime Performance (Issei ichidai)
「一世一代」 「おその 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 40 x 27.5 cm (15 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.3210.20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 94
DescriptionIssued for the "farewell performance" of Shikan (who in fact continued acting under another name).
From an album in which the names of the actors were covered with slips of decorative paper.
Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
Theater: Kado
彦山権現誓助剣（ひこさんごんげんちかいのすけだち）
角
From an album in which the names of the actors were covered with slips of decorative paper.
Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
Theater: Kado
彦山権現誓助剣（ひこさんごんげんちかいのすけだち）
角
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokushû ga
春好斎北洲画
春好斎北洲画