• Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) in the role of the <i>sumō</i> wrestler Izutsu Menosuke (角力取井筒女之助)
Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) in the role of the <i>sumō</i> wrestler Izutsu Menosuke (角力取井筒女之助)
Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) in the role of the <i>sumō</i> wrestler Izutsu Menosuke (角力取井筒女之助)

Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) in the role of the sumō wrestler Izutsu Menosuke (角力取井筒女之助)

Print


ca 1822
9.8 in x 14.8 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi
(Marks 595 - seal 04-007)
Censor: kiwame
The first three kanji characters of this figure identify him as a sumō wrestler: 角力取 or sumotori.

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Izutsu Menosuke is a character who appears in the stories about Nikki Danjō in the play Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki or 'The Date Rivalry and Okuni Kabuki' (伊達競阿国戯場). This character also appears in other related plays.

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There is a 1913, silent film, from Japan with the title 'Izutsu Menosuke', starring Onoe Matsunosuke (1875-1926: 尾上松之助). It was based on a script by Namiroku Murakami (村上浪六: 1865-1944).
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Yamamotoya Heikichi (山本屋平吉) (publisher)
Mimasu Gennosuke I (初代三枡源之助) (actor)
sumō (相撲) (genre)