Two swordsmen standing with naked blades in their hands, the right-hand one played by Otani Hiroji III, the left-hand one by Nakamura Sukegorō II

Two swordsmen standing with naked blades in their hands, the right-hand one played by Otani Hiroji III, the left-hand one by Nakamura Sukegorō II  

Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Publication Date: circa 1780
Publisher: Nom;
Type: Photograph
Source Institution: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:  Kabuki
Actors
Ōtani Hiroji, 1746-1802
Nakamura Sukegorō, 1745-1806
Swords
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Genre:  浮世絵
Ukiyo-e
Language: Japanese
Two swordsmen standing with naked blades in their hands, the right-hand one played by Otani Hiroji III, the left-hand one by Nakamura Sukegorō II
[Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō, in the kabuki play ''Karigane gonin otoko", performed at Nakamura theatre in 1780]

[Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō, in the kabuki play ''Karigane gonin otoko", performed at Nakamura theatre in 1780]  

Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793 ( contributor )
Publication Date: 1780
Type: Photograph
Source Institution: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:  Kabuki
歌舞伎
Actors
俳優
Nakamura Sukegorō, 1745-1806
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Genre:  浮世絵
Ukiyo-e
Language: Japanese
[Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō, in the kabuki play ''Karigane gonin otoko", performed at Nakamura theatre in 1780]
[Scene from the kabuki play "Karigane gonin otoko" or "Hatsumonbi kuruwa Soga"]

[Scene from the kabuki play "Karigane gonin otoko" or "Hatsumonbi kuruwa Soga"]  

Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793 ( contributor )
Publication Date: 1780
Type: Photograph
Source Institution: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:  Kabuki
歌舞伎
Actors
俳優
Karigane gonin otoko
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Genre:  浮世絵
Ukiyo-e
Language: Japanese
[Scene from the kabuki play "Karigane gonin otoko" or "Hatsumonbi kuruwa Soga"]