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- [Nakamura Shikan IV as] Yamagata Gyōbunosuke, actually Inada Kōzō
[Nakamura Shikan IV as] Yamagata Gyōbunosuke, actually Inada Kōzō
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| Title | [Nakamura Shikan IV as] Yamagata Gyōbunosuke, actually Inada Kōzō Yamagata Gyōbunosuke jitsu wa Inada Kōzō 山形刑部之助実ハ稲田幸蔵 |
| Date | 5/1861 |
| Play | Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no somewake 轡音繮染分 |
| Theatre | Ichimura |
| Publisher | Kagiya Shōbei 鍵屋庄兵衛 |
| Woodcarver | Koizumi Kanegorō 小泉兼五郎 |
| City | Edo |
| Signature | Toyokuni ga 豊國画 |
| Censorship seal(s) | aratame Rooster 5 改酉五 |
| Publisher’s seal(s) | Ta Kagi-Shō 田鍵庄 |
| Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) | hori kō Koizumi Kane 彫工小泉兼 |
| Inscription | Poem by Nakamura Shikan IV: いつわりて通るお庭や杜若 芝翫「成駒」 Itsuwarite tōru oniwa ya botan —Shikan [sealed Narikoma] |
| Object number | SH2018-DM-216 |
| Credit Line | Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma |
| Provenance | Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma |
Description
From a large, untitled series of actor portraits paired with poems composed by and in the handwriting of the actors themselves. Most of the backgrounds were designed by Miyagi Gengyo (1817–1880). Kunisada made a series with the same format for publisher Uoya Eikichi in the same year.
