second sheet from the left of a vertical ōban pentaptych

Actors Ichikawa Kuzō II, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I, and playwright Sakurada Jisuke III, 1860, 9th lunar month

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This pentaptych which misses the first sheet (far right) is titled Assembly to Practice the Three Towers. Behind the stage, the most famous kabuki actors of the day are rehearsing scripts. They were written by the three renown playwrights referred to in the title as Towers: Segawa Jokō III (1806-81), Kawatake Mokuami (1816-93), and Sakurada Jisuke III (1802-77). Collectors of prints like this could easily identify the actors by their faces but not so much the playwrights, hence red cartouches with their names were placed besides them.

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Title
Actors Ichikawa Kuzō II, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I, and playwright Sakurada Jisuke III
Artist Life
1786 - 1865
Role
Artist
Accession Number
P.78.65.49.2
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second sheet from the left of a vertical ōban pentaptych