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Ichikawa Ebizō V as Senso Dōjin (right); Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Jiraiya (left)

1854
Not on view
Both portraits belong to a set of prints commemorating a performance of the popular Kabuki drama Jiraiya. Performing in Osaka, the Edo-based actor Ichikawa Ebizo V plays the role of Senso Dōjin, a hermit and magician who rescues the young Jiraiya and teaches him the secrets of toad magic (including the ability to turn into a toad) that will save his life and restore his fortune.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 「仙素道人」五代目市川海老蔵 「児雷也」初代実川延三郎
  • Title: Ichikawa Ebizō V as Senso Dōjin (right); Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Jiraiya (left)
  • Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu 長谷川貞信 (Japanese, 1809–1879)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1854
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Pair of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper; vertical chūban
  • Dimensions: Image (each): 9 3/4 × 7 1/8 in. (24.8 × 18.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of James C. Y. Watt, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.150
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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