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Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei

Maker

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825

Title

Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei

Period

Edo Period

Year

1822

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.9 x 18.7 cm (8 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 鴬の氷のみかは緑先に
ほし餅さへもくたく日あたり
楳下鼻彦

来る春のかしらにそひし鴬は
枕言葉の影やよむらし
大江北頼

鴬の初音ききてはおもはすも
白雪糕のへりし菓子盆
狩場早房

うくひすとのこゑの月日を
はからんと渾天機よりまはす餌すり木
堀川歌成



Signature: 豊国画 Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni)

Seals: Printer's seal: 摺工小善 Kozensai

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.45

Type

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts
Stories from Japanese Surimono Prints
May 23, 2026 – Oct 04, 2026
Surimono from Osaka and Edo
The Pumpelly Album
May 23, 2008 – Oct 05, 2008

Label copy

This print indicates how popular Matsumoto Koshiro V (1764 - 1838) was in Osaka. The Edo-based kabuki actor performed this role in the ninth lunar month of 1821 in Osaka and repeated it in Edo (modern Tokyo) in the spring of 1822. Four Crane Group poets - Hanahiko, Kitayori, Hayabusa, and Utanari - sponsored this print and composed texts for it.

Kabuki Actor Prints from the Late Eighteenth Century
Sep 14, 1990 – Nov 04, 1990
Japanese Surimono Prints
Nov 28, 1986 – Jan 25, 1987
Japanese Prints of the Kabuki
Sep 05, 1986 – Nov 23, 1986

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825
b. in Edo, Japan)
Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei, 1822
Polychrome woodblock print (surimono)
Shikishiban: 21.9 x 18.7 cm (8 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.45

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