• Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川団十郎) in the role of Kenkaya Gorōemon, aka Gorōemon the Brawler, (喧嘩や五郎右衛門) in the play <i> Goku saishiki musume ōgi</i> or 'The Maiden's Colorful Fan' [極彩色娘扇]
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川団十郎) in the role of Kenkaya Gorōemon, aka Gorōemon the Brawler, (喧嘩や五郎右衛門) in the play <i> Goku saishiki musume ōgi</i> or 'The Maiden's Colorful Fan' [極彩色娘扇]
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川団十郎) in the role of Kenkaya Gorōemon, aka Gorōemon the Brawler, (喧嘩や五郎右衛門) in the play <i> Goku saishiki musume ōgi</i> or 'The Maiden's Colorful Fan' [極彩色娘扇]
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川団十郎) in the role of Kenkaya Gorōemon, aka Gorōemon the Brawler, (喧嘩や五郎右衛門) in the play <i> Goku saishiki musume ōgi</i> or 'The Maiden's Colorful Fan' [極彩色娘扇]
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Utagawa Toyokuni I (初代歌川豊国) (artist 1769 – 02/24/1825)

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川団十郎) in the role of Kenkaya Gorōemon, aka Gorōemon the Brawler, (喧嘩や五郎右衛門) in the play Goku saishiki musume ōgi or 'The Maiden's Colorful Fan' [極彩色娘扇]

Print

01/1821
10.25 in x 15 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print

Signed: Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi
(Marks 595 - seal 02-026)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Waseda University - the same actor in the same role by the same artist in a different setting
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - a 1732 print by Kiyonobu II showing Kenkaya Gorōemon with Osen
Honolulu Museum of Art - 1780 giga representation of Kenkaya Gorōemon by Nichōsai Gorōemon the Brawler was well known to the Osaka police in 1700, but he was only one of quite a few ruffians they tried to keep an eye on.

By 1732 he was featured as one of the characters in a kabuki play. Each season started with a variation on the 12th century Soga brothers theme and his character appeared in one of those plays. These plays strayed fall afield from the original story.

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It is interesting to note that the first two kanji characters, 喧嘩, appear on the fellow's robe in a bold size. His name is Kenkaya and it is usually 'spelled' out as 喧嘩屋. On the lantern the actor is holding is a a matsukawa-bishi (松皮菱) or pine bark, i.e., triple lozenge, motif enclosing an identifying mon.
Yamamotoya Heikichi (山本屋平吉) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川團十郎: 11/1800 to 2/1832) (actor)
Soga brothers (曾我兄弟) (genre)