Minneapolis Institute of Art
Actors Nakamura Tsuruzō I, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII, Kataoka Jūzō I, Ichikawa Shinsha I, Nakamura Enjaku, Nakamura Shikan IV, and Arashi Hinasuke VII
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Daikokuya Kinjirō; Carver: Yokogawa TakejirōLinkedCulture matchlcp-b47de47ef7f8
- Date
- 1860, 9th lunar month
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 69743
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
This pentaptych which misses the first sheet (far right) is titled Assembly to Practice the Three Towers. Behind the stage, the most famous kabuki actors of the day are rehearsing scripts. They were written by the three renown playwrights referred to in the title as Towers: Segawa Jokō III (1806-81), Kawatake Mokuami (1816-93), and Sakurada Jisuke III (1802-77). Collectors of prints like this could easily identify the actors by their faces but not so much the playwrights, hence red cartouches with their names were placed besides them. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.
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