• Sawamura Gennosuke I [初代沢村源之助] with two <i>bijin</i> gathering pine branches or a New Year's celebration from the series 十二組の内 (<i>Jūni kumi no uchi</i>) - center panel of a triptych
Sawamura Gennosuke I [初代沢村源之助] with two <i>bijin</i> gathering pine branches or a New Year's celebration from the series 十二組の内 (<i>Jūni kumi no uchi</i>) - center panel of a triptych
Sawamura Gennosuke I [初代沢村源之助] with two <i>bijin</i> gathering pine branches or a New Year's celebration from the series 十二組の内 (<i>Jūni kumi no uchi</i>) - center panel of a triptych
Sawamura Gennosuke I [初代沢村源之助] with two <i>bijin</i> gathering pine branches or a New Year's celebration from the series 十二組の内 (<i>Jūni kumi no uchi</i>) - center panel of a triptych

Utagawa Toyokuni I (初代歌川豊国) (artist 1769 – 02/24/1825)

Sawamura Gennosuke I [初代沢村源之助] with two bijin gathering pine branches or a New Year's celebration from the series 十二組の内 (Jūni kumi no uchi) - center panel of a triptych

Print


ca 1809
10.25 in x 15.0625 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Unsigned (the same panel in Vienna is signed)
Publisher: Kawachiya Genshichi
(Marks 227 - seal 25-103)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna - the middle panel of the triptych with the signature
Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna - the right-hand panel of the triptych with the signature and title cartouch
Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna - left-hand panel This is the center panel of a triptych. The full triptych can be found in Vienna and in that composition each of the sheets is signed.

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The right-hand panel: Iwai Hanshirō V (五代目岩井半四郎), an onnagata is kneeling down holding on to the branch of pine tree. Standing behind him is Bandō Mitsugorō III (三代目坂東三津五郎) accompanied by a female fan.

The center panel: Sawamura Gennosuke I (初代沢村源之助) with two young female fans.

The left-hand panel: Nakamura Kōshirō (中村幸四郎) on the right watching a young woman trying to pull uproot a young pine tree. On the left is the onnagata Segawa Kikunojō IV. (四代目瀬川菊之丞).
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Sawamura Gennosuke I (初代沢村源之助: 1/1791 to 10/1811) (actor)
Kawachiya Genshichi (河内屋源七) (publisher)