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Ichikawa Ebizô (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII) as Ashikaga Yorikane
Ichikawa Ebizô (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII) as Ashikaga Yorikane

Ichikawa Ebizô (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII) as Ashikaga Yorikane

Artist (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Datec. 1830
PeriodEdo period (1615–1868)
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions14 x 9 3/8 in. (35.6 x 23.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGiven by Ms. Mary Katherine Burton Jones in memory of her mother, Joyce Ann Kennedy, 2008
Object numberSN11181.1
An actor print of Ichikawa Ebiz? in the role of Ashikaga Yorikane in the kabuki play Meibou Sendai Hagi. It was staged for the first time in April 1777 as a 5-act drama written by Nakawa Kamesuke I and Isojii Sosuke, which was produced in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai. This drama was inspired by "Keisei Mutsu no Tamagawa", the first play dealing with the Date succession troubles, which was staged in January 1767 at the Naka no Shibai. In July 1778 Sakurada Jisuke I wrote a similar drama, which was titled Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki and staged for the first time in July 1778 at the Nakamuraza. Then, the playwrights Matsu Kanshi I, Takahashi Buhei and Yoshida Kadomaru wrote a play in 9 acts for the puppet theater, using the title Meiboku Sendai Hagi and mixing elements from both the original Meiboku Sendai Hagi and Date Kurabe Okuni kabuki. This puppet drama was staged for the first time in January 1785 in Edo at the Yûkiza. It was afterwards adapted to kabuki and evolved during the nineteenth century. "The play is based on a real event involving the Date clan of Sendai during the 1660's, but censorship prevented contemporary incidents being dramatized, so the drama was set during the Muromachi Period (1336-1568), and names were changed to disguise the protagonists' identity." (text courtesy of Jean Wilson 1998) The 17th Date clan was replaced by the 15th Ashikaga clan and Lord Date Tsunamune, the cause of the succession troubles, became Ashikaga Yorikane in the Kabuki drama.
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