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Kisshin medetai muneage no zu (A Roof-raising Ceremony on an Auspicious Day): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III, Nakamura Shikan IV (right), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (center), Ichikawa Ichizô III, and Onoe Baikô 4.5 (later Jitsukawa Enjaku I) (left)
Kisshin medetai muneage no zu (A Roof-raising Ceremony on an Auspicious Day): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III, Nakamura Shikan IV (right), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (center), Ichikawa Ichizô III, and Onoe Baikô 4.5 (later Jitsukawa Enjaku I) (left)
Kisshin medetai muneage no zu (A Roof-raising Ceremony on an Auspicious Day): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III, Nakamura Shikan IV (right), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (center), Ichikawa Ichizô III, and Onoe Baikô 4.5 (later Jitsukawa Enjaku I) (left)

Kisshin medetai muneage no zu (A Roof-raising Ceremony on an Auspicious Day): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III, Nakamura Shikan IV (right), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (center), Ichikawa Ichizô III, and Onoe Baikô 4.5 (later Jitsukawa Enjaku I) (left)

Maker (Japanese, 1786-1864)
Date1860, 9th month
MediumColor woodblock print
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Herman Pines in Honor of Dr. Julius Stieglitz
Object number1989.15w.1-3
Terms
  • actors
  • roof
  • construction
  • ceremony
  • Japanese
  • Late Edo
  • Meiji
Object TypePrints
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The Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III (1845-78)
Toyohara Kunichika (豐原國周)
1865
Five Auspicious Images
Xu You [Hsü Yu]
circa 1650
Kodanji IV as Tadanobu, Kikugorô IV as Shizuka Gozen
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川國貞)
1856, 7th month