Artist : Utagawa Kunimasa

Date : 1797

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Matsuomaru, lifting a straw rice bale above his head as he fights with Ichikawa Omezo I as Umeomaru, in Act III, scene 2, ‘Satamura ga no iwai’, from the play ‘Sugawara denju tenari kagami’ by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu, performed at the Kiri-za in the 9th month of 1797.

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