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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Karigane Bunshichi (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kaminari Shôkurô (CR), Arashi Rikan III as Hotei Ichiemon (C), Ichikawa Kuzô II as An no Heibei (CL) (Translation)
三代目岩井粂三郎の雁金文七 五代目市川海老蔵の雷庄九郎 三代目嵐璃寛の布袋市右エ門 二代目市川九蔵の安乃平兵衛 大判錦絵五枚続の四 (Primary Title)
Karigane Gonin Otoko 雁金五人男 (Five Men of Karigane) (Play Title)
Karigane Bunshichi in the Five Men of Edo (Karigane Goninotoko) (Former Title)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国), Japanese, 1786 - 1864 (Artist)

1852
Japanese
Prints
Works On Paper
Woodblock prints; ink and color on paper (four sheets of pentaptych)
East Asian Art
Place Made,Japan
Sheet (each): 14 1/8 × 9 5/8 in. (35.88 × 24.45 cm)
Image (.779-781): 13 15/16 × 9 5/8 in. (35.4 × 24.45 cm)
Image (.782): 14 × 9 5/8 in. (35.56 × 24.45 cm)
2013.779-782
Not on view
Yakusha-e 役者絵
Edo period (1615-1868)
豊国画 Toyokuni ga
Publisher’s seal: 佐野喜 Sanoki (Sanoya Kihei); Censors’ seals: 米良 Mera, 渡辺 Watanabe, シタ売 shita uri
雁金文七 (R), 雷庄九郎 (CR), 布袋市右エ門 (C), 安乃平兵衛 (CL)
Gift of Japan-Virginia Society
MFA: 11.42139a-e (pentaptych)
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/476120
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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