Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)
Ichikawa Ebizō V as the Mystical Image (Reizō - 霊像) of Fudō Myōō (不動明王), Ichikawa Saruzō I as Kongara dōji (矜迦羅童子), and Ichikawa Komazō VII as Seitaka dōji (制吒迦童子), No. 9 (九) from the series Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Jūhachiban no uchi -十八番の内)
03/1852
10 in x 14.25 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Kōchōrō Toyokuni hitsu
香蝶楼豊国筆
Artist's seal: toshidama (in red)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi
(Marks 039 - seal 26-007)
Date seal: 3/1852
Censor seals: Mera and Watanabe
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Waseda University
National Diet Library
Ritsumeikan University
Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University "Fudō Myōō, seated on a rock throne (iwa-za [岩座]), holds a lasso (saku [索]) in his [left] hand and a sword [koken] in his [right]. His flame kōhai envelops his entire body..."
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Illustrated:
1) in Kabuki: Eighteen Traditional Dramas by Kawatake Toshio, Chronicle Books, 1985.
2) in color in 原色浮世絵大百科事典 (Genshoku Ukiyoe Daihyakka Jiten), vol. 4, p. 40, 93.
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Ichikawa Ebizō V (五代目市川海老蔵: 11/1797 to 10/1800 and 3/1832 to 3/1859) (actor)
Ebisuya Shōshichi (恵比寿屋庄七) (publisher)
Ichikawa Saruzō I (初代市川猿蔵) (actor)
Ichikawa Komazō VII (七代目市川高麗蔵: from 3/1844 to 2/1856) (actor)
Fudō Myōō (不動明王) (role)