Segawa Kikunojo V
Segawa Kikunojo V as Agemaki in Sukeroku yukari no Edo zakura (Sukeroku’s affinity for the cherry blossoms of Edo) performed at the Tamagawa Theatre in 1819
Private collection
For a more detailed description
Loan 406
Ichikawa Danjuro VII
Kunisada 14
Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku in Sukeroku yukari no Edo zakura (Sukeroku’s affinity for the cherry blossoms of Edo) performed at the Tamagawa Theatre in 1819; Private collection
Loan 405
Onoe Kikugoro III as Shimbei
Collections Record: P.502-1937
Iwai Kumesaburo II as Agemaki
Surimono. Colour prints from woodblocks, with metallic pigment and blind embossing (karazuri). Shikishiban. Signed: Kôchôrô Kunisada ga, with artist’s double toshidama seal (left sheet). Poets: Ryûkatei Fûshi Mizugaki and Ryûôtei Hananari (right) and Ryûôtei Hananari (left). c.1830
Collections Record: P.501-1937
Newly printed picture of the Great Nakamura Theatre of Sakai-cho in the Eastern Capital Edo by Utagawa Yoshimaru
Organised for Japan 2001
The Fitzwilliam Museum is especially grateful to John Carpenter, Tim Clark, Paul M. Griffith, Hideyuki Iwata and Ellis Tinios for their generous help during the preparation of this exhibition.
Funded by Japan 2001