Jukōdō Yoshikuni (寿好堂よし国) (artist )
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as the outlaw Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)
07/1826
10.25 in x 14.75 in (Overall dimensions) color woodblock print
Signed: Jukōdō Yoshikuni ga
寿好堂よし国画
Publisher: Honya Seishichi (Marks 123 - seal 25-527)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - dated to 4/1826 [We believe this is an error.]
Hankyu Culture Foundation - dated to 7/1826
Lyon Collection - 1826 Hokushū print of Utaemon III as Goemon in the same play Nakamura Utaemon in his most famous role as the magician, outlaw and folk hero Ishikawa Goemon. Against a yellow background Goemon performs magic with a trough of water. A scene from the play Kinoshitage Hazama Gassen (木下蔭狭間合戦), performed in 1826 at the Naka Theater.
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Illustrated in Ikeda Bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shūsei (Collected Kamigata Actor Prints), vol. 1, Osaka, 1997, no. 391, p. 129. Dated to 7/1826.
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There is another copy of this print in the collection of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
Kyōto-Osaka prints (kamigata-e - 上方絵) (genre)
Honya Seishichi (本屋清七) (publisher)
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) (actor)