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[Onoe Kikugorō III] – The Public Showing [of the Buddhist icon] in the Ekō Temple

An untitled set of Actors Paired with Locations around Ryōgoku Bridge

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Title [Onoe Kikugorō III] – The Public Showing [of the Buddhist icon] in the Ekō Temple Ekō’in kaichō 囬向院開帳
Series title An untitled set of Actors Paired with Locations around Ryōgoku Bridge
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date c. 1835
Publisher Uedaya Kyūjirō 上田屋久次郎
City Edo
Signature Kōchōrō Kunisada ga 香蝶樓国貞画
Censorship seal(s) kiwame 極
Publisher’s seal(s) manji 卍
Inscription

....[signed] Baiju 梅寿
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban
Object number SH2018-DM-037
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

Description

Each of the prints from this set portrays a famous actor paired with a location near Ryōgoku Bridge and carries a poem composed and signed by the depicted actor. This print shows Onoe Kikugorō III (1784–1849) and pairs him with the Ekō Temple near the eastern bank, on the particularly auspicious day that the temple allows the public to visit and see the sacred icon it houses (kaichō). The Ekō Temple was also known as a popular venue for sumo wrestling.

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