Station 45: Ishiyakushi

Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1855, Wood cut

Category

Library Item

Item no

16293

Title

Fifty-three stations by two brushes (Sohitsu gojusantsugi). Station 45: Ishiyakushi

Description

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Omezo I as warrior monk Benkei. This scene is from the play 'Benkei's Daughter' ('Benkei Joshi'), Act III of 'Cherry Tree of the Imperial Palace - Night Attack at Horikawa' ('Gosho zakura - Horikawa youchi'). [The Actor Prints of Kunisada by E. Tinios]

Artist / maker

Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Engraver

Horitake

Date

1855

Size

36 x 24.8 cm

Type

Wood cut

Location

Art and Design Library

COLLABORATIVE WORK
Artist's signatures:
Hiroshige ga (landscape)
Toyokuni ga (figures)
Artists: Ando Hiroshige and Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Censor's seal: aratame
Date seal: hare year, 8th month (1855)

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