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- Siebold’s Primrose – Beishō [Ichikawa Kodanji IV] as Asakura Tōgo
Siebold’s Primrose – Beishō [Ichikawa Kodanji IV] as Asakura Tōgo
Comparisons of Beautiful Standing Flowers
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| Title | Siebold’s Primrose – Beishō [Ichikawa Kodanji IV] as Asakura Tōgo Sakurasō Asakura Tōgo Beishō 櫻そう 朝倉当吾 米升 |
| Series title | Comparisons of Beautiful Standing Flowers 美立花くらへ |
| Artist | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892) |
| Date | 8/1861 |
| Play | Sakura sōshi gonichi no bundan |
| Theatre | Morita |
| Publisher | Kakumotoya Kinjirō 角本屋金次郎 |
| City | Edo |
| Signature | Gyokurō Yoshitoshi hitsu 玉櫻芳年筆 |
| Artist seal | paulownia |
| Censorship seal(s) | aratame, Rooster 8 改酉八 |
| Publisher’s seal(s) | Kaku-Kin 角金 |
| Technique & material | Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper |
| Format | ōban |
| Object number | SH2018-DM-119 |
| Credit Line | Schenking Muck en Mieke Douma |
| Provenance | In april 2018 geschonken aan Japanmuseum SieboldHuis door Muck en Mieke Douma |
Description
The print makes a pun on the name of the play, Sakura sōshi gonichi no bundan. The play takes its name after the protagonist, based on the historical figure Kiuchi Sōgo (1605–1653), who was a farmer in the Sakura Domain (present-day Chiba Prefecture). In this mitate (playful comparison), Yoshitoshi pairs Ichikawa Kodanji IV (who used the poetry name Beishō) in his role of Asakura Tōgo, a pseudonym for Sōgo, with the plant depicted in the background. This is Siebold's primrose (Primula sieboldii), which in Japanese is called sakurasō (cherry blossom weed) for its likeliness to cherry blossom when in bloom.
Kodanji performed the role in the Morita theatre in the eighth month of 1861, the same time this print was issued. Publishing kabuki prints on the occasion of new performances was a common marketing strategy.
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