About This Print
The right panel of a diptych (see below) depicting the actor Ichimura Kakitsu 市村 家橘 IV (the stage name of actor Onoe Kikugorō V from Spring 1863 to July 1868)1 playing Gosho no Gorōzō (Gallant Gorōzō) and two other roles in the play Gosho no Gorōzō (also known as Soga Moyō Tateshi no Goshozone.)
The story of an otokodate, a Robin Hood type of character said to have been common after the end of the samurai era, focuses on the conflict between two former samurai, Gorozo and his enemy Hoshikage Doemon.2
Characters in the play are Gosho no Gorōzō, Hoshikage Doemon, Satsuki , Ōshū, Kabutoya Yogorō Gosho no Gorōzō.3
1 Kabuki 21 website http://www.kabuki21.com/kakitsu.php
2 website of Marty Gross Film Productions Inc http://www.martygrossfilms.com/films/masterpiece/masterpieces_kabuki_synopses.html
3 Global Performing Database website http://www.glopad.org/pi/en/record/piece/1000832
The Play Gosho no Gorōzō
Gosho no Gorōzō was one act of a six act play written by Kawatake Mokuami 河竹黙阿弥 (1816-1893), loosely based on the novel by Ryūtei Tanehiko called "Soga moyō tateshi no Goshozome," or "The Gallant's kimono dyed with the Soga pattern."The story of an otokodate, a Robin Hood type of character said to have been common after the end of the samurai era, focuses on the conflict between two former samurai, Gorozo and his enemy Hoshikage Doemon.2
Characters in the play are Gosho no Gorōzō, Hoshikage Doemon, Satsuki , Ōshū, Kabutoya Yogorō Gosho no Gorōzō.3
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Gosho no Gorōzō
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University
1 Kabuki 21 website http://www.kabuki21.com/kakitsu.php
2 website of Marty Gross Film Productions Inc http://www.martygrossfilms.com/films/masterpiece/masterpieces_kabuki_synopses.html
3 Global Performing Database website http://www.glopad.org/pi/en/record/piece/1000832
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #409 |
| Title or Description | Gosho no Gorōzō 御所五郎蔵 (Gallant Gorōzō) |
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| Artist | Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904) |
| Signature | Chōkarō Yoshiiku ga |
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| Publication Date |  aratame seal reading 子三改 bunkyū ０4 3rd month |
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| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good- vertical fold 1 1/2" in from right margin reinforced from verso; not backed |
| Genre | ukiyo-e; yakusha-e |
| Miscellaneous | right panel of diptych |
| Format | vertical oban |
| H x W Paper | 13 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (33.3 x 24.1 cm) |
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| Collections This Print | The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University 101-0450 (right panel) and 101-0451. |
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