Tosei kesho kagami

Description

Colour woodblock print of the kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II as Chinzai Hachiro Tametomo, from the play A Tour of the Islands: Stretching the Bow at the Moon (Shima-meguri tsuki no yumihari) performed at the Naka-za in the ninth month, 1833, from the series Tosei kesho kagami: Japan, Osaka, by Hokuei, 1833

Museum reference

A.1887.745.35.36

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Hokuei, Artist
Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan, East Asia

Date

1833

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Chinzai Hachiro Tametomo
Depicted: Arashi Rikan II, 1828 - 1837 (fl.)

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. 22