Pentaptych print, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, between 1847 and 1853

Colour woodblock pentaptych print, oban tate-e. The five otokodate (chivalrous gentlemen), depicted by five famous kabuki actors in grey and white striped robes with bamboo flutes in their girdles standing beneath branches of cherry blossom: 1) sawamura sojuro v carrying a tobacco pipe and holding his robe, 2) nakamura utaemon iv crouching with his hands on his head, 3) ichikawa ebizo v (danjuro vii) standing with his hands concealed in his robe, 4) matsumoto kinsho (koshiro vi) standing with his legs apart and holding a tobacco pipe, and 5) ichikawa kuzo turning his head and holding an open fan. Date: between 1847 and 1853. Dimensions: Height:35.50 centimetres(c) Height:35.60 centimetres(l) Height:35.60 centimetres(r) Width:24.70 centimetres(c) Width:25 centimetres(l) Width:24.90 centimetres(r). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sawamura Sojuro V. Collection: British Museum. Pentaptych print (BM 2008,3037.21007)