Nakayama Nanshi II as courtesan Tomi (a); Ichikawa Ichizō I as Jisuke and Ishikawa Shiyu I as the servant Tahei (b); Yamashita Kinsaku IV as Jisuke's wife Kaji and Nakamura Tomosa II as the servant Kyushichi (c); Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Mohei (d)

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Nakayama Nanshi II as courtesan Tomi (a); Ichikawa Ichizō I as Jisuke and Ishikawa Shiyu I as the servant Tahei (b); Yamashita Kinsaku IV as Jisuke's wife Kaji and Nakamura Tomosa II as the servant Kyushichi (c); Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Mohei (d)

1851

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

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Object Details

Title:

Nakayama Nanshi II as courtesan Tomi (a); Ichikawa Ichizō I as Jisuke and Ishikawa Shiyu I as the servant Tahei (b); Yamashita Kinsaku IV as Jisuke's wife Kaji and Nakamura Tomosa II as the servant Kyushichi (c); Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Mohei (d)
In the play Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa at the Naka Theater in Osaka

Date:

1851

Artist:

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

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Overall (chūban tate-e tetraptych): approximately 9 3/4 x 28 inches (24.8 x 71.1 cm) Each sheet: approximately 9 3/4 x 7 inches (24.8 x 17.8 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

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

Accession Number:

2008-62-184a--d

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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