Yakusha nijūshi kō (Actors for the 24 Paragons of Filial Piety)

Description

Colour woodblock print depicting the kabuki actor Ōtani Tomoemon V as Sazanami, from the play Drawing a Crowd for the Chorus at the Two Theatres (Koe mo sorou ryōza no ōyose) performed at the Nakamura-za in the ninth month, 1868, from the series Yakusha nijūshi kō (Actors for the 24 Paragons of Filial Piety), bust portrait in narrow panel with background of sumi-e flowers: Japan, by Toyohara Kunichika, 1868

Museum reference

A.1887.745.46.1.14

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Toyohara Kunichika, 1835 - 1900, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Tsutsui, Publisher

Date

1868

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Sazanami
Depicted: Otani Hiroji V
Depicted: Yakusha ni-jū-shi kō

Exhibitions

• 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. 56