Shirai Gonpachi Iwai Tojaku, Chobei Matsumoro Kosiro, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1833 (Tenpo 4)

Colour woodblock print, an oban diptych. The kabuki actors iwai tojaku i (right sheet) as shirai gonpachi, standing with swords, and matsumoto koshiro v (left sheet) as chobei; in the ‘suzugamori’ scene from the play ‘mitsuicho gozonji no edozome’ (三銀杏御存地染) performed at the nakamura theatre in the 5th month of 1833. Date: 1833 (Tenpo 4). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Iwai Hanshiro V. Collection: British Museum. Shirai Gonpachi Iwai Tojaku, Chobei Matsumoro Kosiro 白井権八 岩井杜若, 長兵衛 松本幸四郎 (BM 1902,0606,0.136)