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  • Actors, from right to left, Bandō Hikosaburō V (五代目坂東彦三郎), Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) in the play <i>Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara</i> [櫓太鼓鳴音吉原]
Actors, from right to left, Bandō Hikosaburō V (五代目坂東彦三郎), Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) in the play <i>Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara</i> [櫓太鼓鳴音吉原]
Actors, from right to left, Bandō Hikosaburō V (五代目坂東彦三郎), Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) in the play <i>Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara</i> [櫓太鼓鳴音吉原]
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Adachi Ginkō (安達吟光) (artist 1853 – 1902)

Actors, from right to left, Bandō Hikosaburō V (五代目坂東彦三郎), Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) in the play Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara [櫓太鼓鳴音吉原]

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02/1873
9.375 in x 14.125 in (Overall dimensions) color woodblock print
Signed: Shōunsai Ginkō ga
松雪斎銀光筆
Seal: Ginkō
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei
(Marks 085 - seal 24-031)
Carver: Watanabe Ei
Date seal: 1873
This triptych represents three characters from the play 'The Sound of the Drum from the Tower of the Yoshiwara' (Yagura Daiko Otomo Yoshiwara - 櫓太鼓鳴音吉原) by Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥: 1816-93) which debuted at the Ichimura-za in 1866. In that original production Bandō Hikosaburō V played the role of Asahina Tobei (朝日奈藤兵衛), Ichimura Kakitsu IV (市村家橘) as Washi no Chōkichi (鷲ノ長吉) and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (河原崎権十郎) as Yume no Ichirobei (夢の市郎兵衛).
Ichikawa Sadanji I (初代市川左團次: from 1/1865 to August 7, 1904) (actor)
Nakamura Shikan IV (四代目中村芝翫: 7/1860 to January 1899) (actor)
Bandō Hikosaburō V (五代目坂東彦三郎: 3/1856 to 10/1877) (actor)
Gusokuya Kahei (具足屋嘉兵衛) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Meiji era (明治時代: 1868-1912) (genre)
sumō (相撲) (author)