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春江斎北英画 二代目嵐璃寛 　見立 「百物語」|Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa, on a Broken Lantern, Referring to Katsushika Hokusai’s Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Stories)

春江斎北英画 二代目嵐璃寛 　見立 「百物語」|Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa, on a Broken Lantern, Referring to Katsushika Hokusai’s Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Stories)

Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英

1832

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From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Romanticism Early 19th Century lantern

About this work

This print shows a man kneeling in dark robes, gripping a sword. Behind him looms a giant, ghostly face with long hair and a broken lantern dangling above. The background is mostly black, with a few strokes of blue and red for contrast. The ghostly face looks like it’s peering down from the lantern—almost like it’s trapped there. The man’s tense posture suggests he’s ready to fight whatever’s haunting him. Want to know more? Look up cross-hatching.

Arashi Rikan II as Danshichi Kurōbei in "Mirror of Naniwa: The Summer Festival"

Arashi Rikan II as Danshichi Kurōbei in "Mirror of Naniwa: The Summer Festival"

Shunbaisai Hokuei
五代目市川団十郎|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V in a Shibaraku (Stop Right There!) Role as Hannya no Gorō

五代目市川団十郎|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V in a Shibaraku (Stop Right There!) Role as Hannya no Gorō

Katsukawa Shunshō
当世好男子伝」松　「花和尚魯智深に比す朝比奈藤兵衛」|The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

当世好男子伝」松　「花和尚魯智深に比す朝比奈藤兵衛」|The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

Utagawa Kunisada
Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke and Nakayama Bunshichi III as Hayashi Sanzemon from the Kabuki Play "Eight Views of the Kizu River by Boating Song"

Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke and Nakayama Bunshichi III as Hayashi Sanzemon from the Kabuki Play "Eight Views of the Kizu River by Boating Song"

Shunshosai Hokuchō
Ichikawa Ebijūrō II as Horiguchi Manzaemon from the Kabuki Play "Eight Views of the Kizu River by Boating Song"

Ichikawa Ebijūrō II as Horiguchi Manzaemon from the Kabuki Play "Eight Views of the Kizu River by Boating Song"

Shunshosai Hokuchō
勝川春好画 七代目片岡仁左衛門　五代目市川團十郎|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V

勝川春好画 七代目片岡仁左衛門　五代目市川團十郎|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Katsukawa Shunkō
東洲斎写楽画　三代目大谷鬼次の奴江戸兵衛|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei

東洲斎写楽画　三代目大谷鬼次の奴江戸兵衛|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei

Tōshū
五代目市川団十郎|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V as Sakata Kintoki in the Play Raikō’s Four Intrepid Retainers in the Costume of the Night Watch (Shitennō tonoi no kisewata)

五代目市川団十郎|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V as Sakata Kintoki in the Play Raikō’s Four Intrepid Retainers in the Costume of the Night Watch (Shitennō tonoi no kisewata)

Katsukawa Shunshō
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ono Sadakuro in Act Five of Kanadehon Chushingura, Naka Theater

Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ono Sadakuro in Act Five of Kanadehon Chushingura, Naka Theater

Utagawa Sadamasu
勝川春泉画　三代目大谷廣次|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Hiroji III

勝川春泉画　三代目大谷廣次|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Hiroji III

Katsukawa Shunsen
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Tōshū
Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuomaru in the Carriage-Stopping Scene

Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuomaru in the Carriage-Stopping Scene

Utagawa Kunimasa

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