Actor Ichikawa Danjurō as Soga Gorō Sharpening the Arrow (Yanone Gorō) (市川団十郎の矢の根五郎)

ca. 1800-1830

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• Title
• Actor Ichikawa Danjurō as Soga Gorō Sharpening the Arrow (Yanone Gorō) (市川団十郎の矢の根五郎)
• Creator
• Shinba, Matsumoto, active 19th century
• Contributor
• University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
• Date
• ca. 1800-1830
• Identifier
• 20200827-rosensteel-0035
• Description
• Soga Gorō is sharpening a gigantic arrow on a grindstone for preparing avenge his father's death. Yanone 矢の根 is one of the Kabuki plays based on the tale of Soga Brothers. It is also one of the Eighteen Best Plays of Kabuki, Kabuki jūhachiban 歌舞伎十八番 selected by Ichikawa Danjūō VII in 1832. Inscriptions: Comic tanka poems by Bunsōsha Matsutoshi 文操舎松年, Bunsō Takemasa 文窓竹雅 and Bunbunsha (1780-1837) 文々舎. Signature: しんば 本松写 [Shinba Motomatsu sha] Privately Printed (surimono)
• Extent
• 8.25 x 7 in.
• Type
• still image
• Genre
• Surimono
  Soga-mono
  prints (visual works)
  color prints
  woodcuts (prints)
  color woodcuts (prints)
• Subject
• Kyōka
  Kabuki
  Humorous poetry
  Theater
• Source
• Barry Rosensteel Japanese Print Collection
• Collection
• Barry Rosensteel Japanese Print Collection
• Contributor
• University of Pittsburgh
• Rights Information
• No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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