TSURUYA KÔKEI
(弦屋光溪)
2020
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Play: Gedatsu (解脱)/Kagekiyo (景情)/
Print Date: 2020
Series: [Five Styles of Banzai-Ukiyoe]
Banzai Ukiyoe-ha Go Sugata (万歳浮世絵派五姿) #4
*Personal Collection (#18/30)
Note: The actor portraying Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) as
painted by Kunisada is Ichikawa Danjûrô V (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎).
The other figure is Kôkei's own modern day depiction of Ichikawa
Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as Kagekiyo. Danjûrô XII
portrayed
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo in a production of Gedatsu (解脱) at the
Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo, in January 1992. He also
portrayed the
character in the play Kagekiyo (景情) at the same theater in January
1994.