Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu II (二代長谷川貞信)
Print: Nakamura Komanosuke VI (中村駒之助) in the role of Kamei Rokurō (亀井六郎),
Onoe Taganojō II (尾上多賀之丞) playing Shizuka (しずか) and
Ichikawa Udanji I (市川左團次) as the magical fox disguised as Tadanobu (狐忠信)
in the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜) - 3 of 4 panels
Dates: 1876,created
Dimensions: 21.0 in,9.75 in,Overall dimensions
Medium: Japanese woodblock print
Inscription:
Signed: Sadanobu (貞信)
Publisher: Asai Kinjirō (Marks 18 - seal 25-367)
Related links: Japan Arts Council - all four panels;
Physical description:
The far left panel has the number 4 on it and the center panel has the number 3. There is no apparent number on the right-hand panel. This numbering system raises more questions than it answers.
We now know what the missing panel looks like. (Follow the link to the Japan Arts Council above.) The play is Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees. The missing panel shows Mimasu Gennosuke IV (三枡 源之助) as Yoshitsune (よし経). The artists has been identified as Hasegawa Sadanobu II (1848-1940).
Related entities
Kyōto-Osaka prints (kamigata-e - 上方絵) (genre)actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Yūrei-zu (幽霊図 - ghosts demons monsters and spirits) (genre)
Meiji era (明治時代: 1868-1912) (genre)
Hasegawa Sadanobu II (二代長谷川貞信) (artist)
Ichikawa Udanji I (初代市川右団次) (actor)
Nakamura Komanosuke VI (六代目中村駒之助) (actor)
Onoe Taganojō II (二代目尾上多賀之丞) (actor)
Shizuka gozen (静御前) (role)
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) (role)
Asai Kinjirō (浅井金治郎) (publisher)
