Ichikawa Ebizō V as Benkei (a, right panel); Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Minamoto Yoshitsune (b, center panel); and unidentified actor as Kyo no Kimi, the wife of Yoshitsune (c, left panel)

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Ichikawa Ebizō V as Benkei (a, right panel); Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Minamoto Yoshitsune (b, center panel); and unidentified actor as Kyo no Kimi, the wife of Yoshitsune (c, left panel)

c. 1850

Konishi Hirosada (also called Gosōtei Hirosada) (Japanese, active 1826-1863, died c. 1865)

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Object Details

Title:

Ichikawa Ebizō V as Benkei (a, right panel); Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Minamoto Yoshitsune (b, center panel); and unidentified actor as Kyo no Kimi, the wife of Yoshitsune (c, left panel)
In the play Yoshitsune Ichidaiki

Date:

c. 1850

Artist:

Konishi Hirosada (also called Gosōtei Hirosada) (Japanese, active 1826-1863, died c. 1865)

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Overall (chūban tate-e triptych): approximately 9 3/4 x 21 inches (24.8 x 53.3 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Jack Shear in memory of Anne d'Harnoncourt, 2008

Accession Number:

2008-62-170a--c

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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