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  • Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) in the role of Shin-chūnagon Tomomori (新中納言知盛) in the play <i>Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura</i> (碁盤忠信雪黒石ご) - center panel of a triptych
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) in the role of Shin-chūnagon Tomomori (新中納言知盛) in the play <i>Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura</i> (碁盤忠信雪黒石ご) - center panel of a triptych
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) in the role of Shin-chūnagon Tomomori (新中納言知盛) in the play <i>Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura</i> (碁盤忠信雪黒石ご) - center panel of a triptych
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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) in the role of Shin-chūnagon Tomomori (新中納言知盛) in the play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura (碁盤忠信雪黒石ご) - center panel of a triptych

Print

11/1832
9.5 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Japan
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei
(Marks 058 - seal 21-091)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Waseda University - center panel
Waseda University - right-hand panel
Waseda University - left-hand panel
Hankyu Culture Foundation All the figures shown in the full triptych are characters found in the Heike monogatari.

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This appears to be the center panel of a triptych commemorating a performance at the Nakamura-za in 1832.
Ezakiya Kichibei (江崎屋吉兵衛) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Nakamura Shikan II (二代目中村芝翫: 11/1825 - 12/1835) (actor)
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) (role)
Taira no Tomomori (平知盛: 1151 to 4/25/1185) (role)