portrait of man with long frowning face and large nose, wearing bolding patterned garments including blue with bold white floral outlines and brown with white checks; man wears a with cloth tied around his neck; water scene behind man with cluster of docked sailboats, trees in ULQ and bridge with figures along right edge in URQ

Shinagawa Station: (Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V as) Banzui Chōbei, 1852, intercalary 2nd lunar month

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No. 2 in the series.

The actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V (1764–1838) is presented as the chivalrous townsman Banzui Chōbei. We see him after arriving in his palanquin (a small boxlike carriage carried by attendants) at the execution ground near Shinagawa, where the handsome murderer Shirai Gonpachi is being attacked by a band of robbers. After Gonpachi defeats the robbers with his elegant swordsmanship, Chōbei approaches Gonpachi and the two men become friends.

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Title
Shinagawa Station: (Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V as) Banzui Chōbei
Artist Life
1786 - 1865
Role
Artist
Accession Number
96.146.104.27
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portrait of man with long frowning face and large nose, wearing bolding patterned garments including blue with bold white floral outlines and brown with white checks; man wears a with cloth tied around his neck; water scene behind man with cluster of docked sailboats, trees in ULQ and bridge with figures along right edge in URQ