Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Actor in the Role of Isikawa Goemon
1854
Physical Qualities
Color woodcut, Image: 337 x 242 mm. (13 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wade Laisy
Object Number
2011.64
From the play, "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri", the scene occurs near the end of the play, just after Goemon reads the message contained on blood-soaked cloth that a white hawk brought to the balconey. The message was written by Sô Sokei, Goemon's real father, and explains Goemon's identity as his son, Sô Soyû.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2011; Albert and Emily Laisy, Baltimore
Inscribed: Face: lower right, artist's signature within a blue-framed cartouche, at lower right, "Toyokuni ga"; censor's kiwame and date stamps; publisher's and blockcutter's marks.
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
1785–1864
Japanese, 1786-1865
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