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Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V, formerly Danjūrō, as Nakama Sōta, One of Two Quick-change Roles (Niyaku hayagawari) (R), Iwai Hanshirō V as the Nun Seigen (Seigen-ni) (C), and Ichikawa Ebizō V, formerly Danjūrō, in a Second Role as Matsuwaka (L)
Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V, formerly Danjūrō, as Nakama Sōta, One of Two Quick-change Roles (Niyaku hayagawari) (R), Iwai Hanshirō V as the Nun Seigen (Seigen-ni) (C), and Ichikawa Ebizō V, formerly Danjūrō, in a Second Role as Matsuwaka (L)
Object number1987.20.73

Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V, formerly Danjūrō, as Nakama Sōta, One of Two Quick-change Roles (Niyaku hayagawari) (R), Iwai Hanshirō V as the Nun Seigen (Seigen-ni) (C), and Ichikawa Ebizō V, formerly Danjūrō, in a Second Role as Matsuwaka (L)

Date1832
Artist (Japanese, Utagawa, 1798 - 1861)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet (Vertical ōban): 14 3/16 x 9 1/16 in. (36 x 23 cm)
Credit LineGift of Justine Lewis Keidel, class of 1937
On View
Not on view
Period19th c (Edo Period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, lower right, signed in block: 一勇斎国芳画 (Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga)
InscribedOn recto, center right edge: Nakama Sōta (仲間惣太団十郎改; Ichikawa Ebizō [V] (市川海老蔵); Two Quick-change Roles (Niyaku hayagawari; 二役早かわり)
MarkingsOn recto, lower right, censor's seal in block: 極 (kiwame)
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