vertical ōban triptych; seated male figure baring his chest and holding a sword in his PR hand, while an older figure in a yellow patterned kimono puts one hand on the young man's chest and another hand on the man's wrist holding the sword; standing man wearing a kimono with a black ground and white and orange flowers holding a text scroll, with a seated woman in a red kimono holding a sword in an orange scabbard, at center; two seated women at right, with front woman in red kimono with pink lines holding a dagger in her PR hand; woman seated behind woman with dagger holds wrist and arm of frontmost woman and wears a blue kimono with swirling clouds or water and purple, blue and red flowers; sumptuous interior with sliding door and windows and black lacquer chest; pairs of round cartouches, red circular seals and lines of text at bottom of each panel; characters' names written aside each figure in rectangular cartouches: man on right: {Higashiyama Yoshimasa kō}, woman in red (palace attendant): {Koshimoto tama??}, man on left: {Jirōkaja}, old woman: {Sazano ????}

Actors Azuma Ichinojō I as Sugibae, Onoe Kikujirō II as Fuji no Kata (R); Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Lord Higashiyama Yoshimasa, Bandō Tamasaburō II as Koshimoto Tamanae (C); Iwai Kumesaburō III as Jirō Kaja, Morita Kan'ya XI as Saga no Kōshitsu (L), c. 1851, 8th month

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Related to the play "Higashiyama sakura zōshi" 東山桜荘子, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the 8th month of 1851.

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Title
Actors Azuma Ichinojō I as Sugibae, Onoe Kikujirō II as Fuji no Kata (R); Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Lord Higashiyama Yoshimasa, Bandō Tamasaburō II as Koshimoto Tamanae (C); Iwai Kumesaburō III as Jirō Kaja, Morita Kan'ya XI as Saga no Kōshitsu (L)
Artist Life
1786 - 1865
Role
Artist
Accession Number
96.146.104.5a-c
Catalogue Raisonne
P0042-101.1, P0042-101.2, P0042-101.3
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vertical ōban triptych; seated male figure baring his chest and holding a sword in his PR hand, while an older figure in a yellow patterned kimono puts one hand on the young man's chest and another hand on the man's wrist holding the sword; standing man wearing a kimono with a black ground and white and orange flowers holding a text scroll, with a seated woman in a red kimono holding a sword in an orange scabbard, at center; two seated women at right, with front woman in red kimono with pink lines holding a dagger in her PR hand; woman seated behind woman with dagger holds wrist and arm of frontmost woman and wears a blue kimono with swirling clouds or water and purple, blue and red flowers; sumptuous interior with sliding door and windows and black lacquer chest; pairs of round cartouches, red circular seals and lines of text at bottom of each panel; characters' names written aside each figure in rectangular cartouches: man on right: {Higashiyama Yoshimasa kō}, woman in red (palace attendant): {Koshimoto tama??}, man on left: {Jirōkaja}, old woman: {Sazano ????}