unattached triptych: close-up of three characters: man at L wearing green coat, leaning head and hands against handle of sword, facing L; male figure at C with bare chest, holding sword in teeth, wearing brown and blue plaid; female figure at R looking to L; black, smoky background

Actors Iwai Kumesaburō III as Oyone (R), Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Taheiji (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Magoshichi (L), 1862, 5th lunar month

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Related to the play Shōbu awase adachi kōdan 菖蒲合仇討講談, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the 5th month of 1862.

Details
Title
Actors Iwai Kumesaburō III as Oyone (R), Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Taheiji (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Magoshichi (L)
Artist Life
1839 - 1892
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2017.106.34a-c
Catalogue Raisonne
Keyes, Courage and Silence (1982), no. 79; Iwakiri, Yoshitoshi (2014), p. 192 no. 298, p. 303.
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unattached triptych: close-up of three characters: man at L wearing green coat, leaning head and hands against handle of sword, facing L; male figure at C with bare chest, holding sword in teeth, wearing brown and blue plaid; female figure at R looking to L; black, smoky background