Migita Toshihide (右田年英) (artist 1863 – 1925)
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川 團十郞) as Ōkubo Hikozaemon (大久保 彦左衛門) from the series Sanshō awase sugata (三升合姿)
1894
9.5 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) woodblock print
Signed: Toshihide (年英)
Artist's seal in red: 年英
Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi (Marks 450)
Honolulu Museum of Art - the figure is identified as Kichiemon
Waseda University
Tokyo Metropolitan Library - 1886 Yoshitoshi diptych of Ōkubo Hikozaemon being carried to the Shogun's castle in a tub
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - 1881 Yoshitoshi print of Ōkubo Hikozaemon Tadanori rescuing Tokugawa Ieyasu
Lyon Collection - Otokonosuke from this series
Lyon Collection - Kuzunoha from this series
Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago So far, we know of twenty-seven prints in this series devoted to the performances of Ichikawa Danjūrō IX. This example and two others can be found in the Lyon Collection.
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"Ōkubo Hikozaëmon was the favourite minister and adviser of the Shogun Iyemitso. Numberless stories of hit sagacity and kindness are recorded in popular literature; and in many dramas the notable incidents of his official career are still represented."
Quoted from a footnote on page 109 of Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs by Lafcadio Hearn.
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"Ōkubo Tadanori, 忠教 (1560-1639). 8th son of Tadakazu, better known by the name of Hikozaemon, accompanied his elder brother Tadayo in his campaigns, and was involved in the disgrace of his nephew Tadachika. After the siege of Ōsaka (1615), Ieyasu offered to restore his domains, but Tadanori refused to accept them. However, he remained at Edo and became the councillor and confidant of the Shōgun Hidetada and Iemitsu."
Quoted from: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan by E. Papinot, p. 482.
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Ōkubo Hikozaemon was the author of the Mikawa Monogatari (三河物語) in 1622. When he wrote it he "...was convinced that things were going to hell in a handcart."
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (九代目市川團十郞: July 1874 to 1903) (actor)
Sasaki Toyokichi (佐々木豊吉) (publisher)
Meiji era (明治時代: 1868-1912) (genre)