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Nishimura Shigenaga

The actors Ichimura Takenojo as Kudo Suketsune and Sanjo Kantaro as the princess Tatsuhime in the play Hinazuru unagasu Soga performed at the Ichimura Theatre 1722.11, late 1730's

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Title

The actors Ichimura Takenojo as Kudo Suketsune and Sanjo Kantaro as the princess Tatsuhime in the play Hinazuru unagasu Soga performed at the Ichimura Theatre 1722.11

Year

late 1730's

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Sheet: 33.7 x 15.9 cm (13 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Eshi Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1064

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Edo Theater

January 18 - May 18, 2008

This scene is from a kabuki play based on the medieval revenge story of the Soga brothers, Hinazuru unagasu Soga, which is known in over 300 staged versions.
Suketsune is the villain responsible for the death of the brothers' father and Tatsuhime, the beautiful princess. The butterfly emblem on the back of Kantarō's robe is both his own crest and that of the younger Soga brother, Goro.

This print commemorates a performance of the eleventh lunar month of 1722 at the Ichimura Theater, but was made later. The inscriptions give the actors' names and the names of the people whom they portray.

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