Shinagawa ()

Description

Colour woodblock print entitled Shinagawa, from the series Tokaido gojusan-tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the Tokaido), with the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Tonbei the ferryman, from the play Shinrei yaguchi no watashi: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Museum reference

A.1887.745.92.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kunisada, 1786 - 1864, Artist
Japan, East Asia

Date

1852

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Ichikawa Ebizō V, 1791 - 1859
Depicted: Tonbei the ferryman
Depicted: Shinagawa, Tōkyō-to, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia

Exhibitions

• Exploring East Asia (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Kabuki: Japanese Theatre Prints (04 Oct 2013 - 02 Feb 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Rosina Buckland, Kabuki: Japanese Theatre Prints (National Museums Scotland, 2013), no. 29