「当世好男子伝」松　「行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎」　初代河原崎権十郎|The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞

1854, 7th month) · Left sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

「当世好男子伝」松　「行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎」　初代河原崎権十郎|The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden) — Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞

This print is part of a triptych likening Kabuki characters to heroes of the Water Margin (Chinese: Shuihuzhuan ; Japanese: Suikoden), a Chinese literary classic of military valor. This triptych is unified by the decorative pine silhouette background. For the other two prints in the triptych, see JP3359, JP3360.

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞
Date: 1854, 7th month)
Medium: Left sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture: Japan
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1960

「当世好男子伝」松 「行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎」 初代河原崎権十郎|The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

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「当世好男子伝」松　「行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎」　初代河原崎権十郎|The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)