Five Warriors Likened to Five Famous Horses of Great
Men
(五将軍見立五人男馬超)
Publisher: Ise-ya Sanjirô
1843
This series of prints shows kabuki actors in costume. The prints are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban.
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Actor: Role: 朝比奈茂兵衛 (untranslated) |
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Actor: Sawamura Tosshô
I (Sawamura Sôjûrô V) Role: |
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Another state of the above
print |
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Actor: Role: ばんずい長兵衛 (untranslated) |
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Actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XII Role: 絞染五郎 (untranslated) |
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Actor: Kanjaku (poetry name of Nsksmurs
Utaemon IV) Role: Token
Gombei |
‘Robinson’ refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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