The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)
This print is part of a triptych likening Kabuki characters to heroes of the Water Margin (Chinese: Shuihuzhuan ; Japanese: Suikoden), a Chinese literary classic of military valor. This triptych is unified by the decorative pine silhouette background. For the other two prints in the triptych, see JP3359, JP3360.
Artwork Details
- 「当世好男子伝」松 「行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎」 初代河原崎権十郎
- Title: The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)
- Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Japanese, 1786–1864)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 1854, 7th month)
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Left sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Vertical ōban; image 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (35.9 x 24.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1960
- Object Number: JP3361
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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