Hokushû (北洲)

Ichikawa Ebijûrô I as Hayakawa Matabei in Yodoyabashi no kenka, Naka Theater, Osaka

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Honsei (Honya Seishichi: 本屋清七) and Yamaichi

3/1822

Format:
(H x W)

Ôban nishiki-e
37.0 x 26.2 cm

Very good impression (deluxe edition with metallics)

Very good color; Good condition (unbacked; repaired album binding holes left side; small expert repair of scabbard end where metallic pigment had corroded the paper; minor soil and rubbing)

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Background

This appears to have been a brief play given after an intermission during a long program at the Naka Theater in 3/1822. The plot is unknown to us.

Design

There was a vogue for boldly patterned backgrounds in the 1820s. Here, Ebijûrô seems to float before the checker-board design. He holds a large ax and wears a black robe with the Ichikawa mimasu mon (three rice-measure crests), three concentric squares emblematic of the Ichikawa family of actors.

References: IKBYS-I, no. 125; HKS, no. 75; SCH, no. 52; KNP, p. 86