Ichikawa Kodanji as Seppu Shinsuke, Ichikawa Sadanji as Kishino Toshiaki, Ichikawa Danjūrō as Saijō Takamori, Onoe Kikugorō as Kurata Shinpachirō, Nakamura Chūtarō as Shōtarō, Onoe Kikunosuke as Magoichi, and Ichikawa Kōsaku as Tokumaru in the play Okige no kumo harau asa gochi

Colorful woodblock print depicting seven men and a child. The men are wearing traditional Japanese clothing, with black jackets featuring gold designs and white undergarments. Three men on the left are standing; one has a sword on his back. The seated man in the center wears a red sash. On the right, two men are standing; one wears a head covering. A child sits on the left. The background shows a red wall with a fence and banners. The scene appears to be a dramatic or theatrical representation.

Artwork details

Date:: March, 1878
Medium:: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 598 × 306 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

The Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Arakawa Taro Takesada Disguised as the Palanquin Bearer Tarobei (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato Disguised as the Pilgrim Kuriyagawa Jirodayu (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Nakazō I

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V, Attired in Voluminous Ceremonial Trousers (Nagabakama)

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Chivalrous Commoner (Gonin Otoko) from the Play "Hatsumonbi kuruwa Soga"

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Hatchotsubute no Kiheiji, Otani Hiroji III as Miura Arajiro, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Akugenta Yoshihira, Sawamura Sojuro III as Taira no Shigemori, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Denkurō II

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (right), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Wappa no Kikuo (left) in the Play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1775

The Five Nations Enjoying a Drunken Revel at the Gankirō Tea House

The Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai of High Rank Standing

Kabuki Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō II as Kajiwara Heiji, in the play Hiragana seisuiki (Records of the Battles between the Minamoto and Taira Clans in the Japanese Syllabary)

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Okazaki Akushiro

The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku II as Mutsuhana (right), Bando Mitsugoro I as Kashiwagi no Emon (center), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Akamatsu Mushanosuke (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Sawamura Tosshō II (1838–86), from the series Mirror of Photographs Backstage (Shashin gakuya kagami - Sawamura Tosshō nisei)

Actors Nakajima Mihoemon II as Fujiwara no Shihei, Ichikawa Ebizô III as Matsuo-maru, Ichikawa Yaozô II as Sakura-maru, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Umeo-maru in “Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy” (“Sugawara denju tenarai kagami”)