Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周) (artist 1835 – 1900)
Bandō Hikosaburō V (坂東彦三郎) as Gengobei (源五兵衛) in the play Drawing a crowd for the chorus in the two theaters (Koe mo Sorou Ryōza no Ōyose - 音揃成両勘大寄) - the center panel of a triptych
09/1868
9.5 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Kunichika hitsu (国周筆)
Artist's seal: toshidama
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirō (Marks 468 - seal 01-081)
Waseda University
Waseda University - right-hand panel
Waseda University - left-hand panel
National Museums of Scotland - another Kunichika print referring to this play
Lyon Collection - Toyokuni I print of Gengobei from ca. 1801
Lyon Collection - an 1830 Shigeharu diptych featuring Katsuma Gengobei and Kikuno
Lyon Collection - an 1837 Sadamasu print of Katsuma Gengobei While the hands of his dying victim grasp at his bloody robes, a ronin or masterless samurai raises the lantern with his gory hand. You can't see it in this print, but Gengobei's bloody right hand is holding a sword in the left-hand panel of the triptych from which this is the center panel.
This print commemorates a performance at the Nakamura Morita Theater in 9/1868.
Shimizuya Naojirō (清水屋直次郎) (publisher)
Bandō Hikosaburō V (五代目坂東彦三郎: 3/1856 to 10/1877) (actor)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Meiji era (明治時代: 1868-1912) (genre)