Miya: Actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Shirai Gonpachi, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
(Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
Date1860, 3rd month
PeriodEdo period (1615–1868)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions13 1/4 x 9 in. (33.7 x 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGiven by Ms. Mary Katherine Burton Jones in memory of her mother, Joyce Ann Kennedy, 2009
Object numberSN11182.1
From a series of actors matched with stations of the Tokaido Road. This is "Miya" from the series.
Features Ichikawa Ichiz? (intern 2009) as Shirai Gonpachi, who was immortalized in a classic tale of doomed love. Has been adapted for the theatre numerous times. All information in quotations from Tales of Old Japan by A.B. Mitford, 1871 (available on Project Gutenberg).
See SN11181.6 for a detailed summary of the story.
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Utagawa Hiroshige
Toyohara Chikanobu
1886
Utagawa Kunisada
1859, 7th month
