The left sheet of (optional) triptych: Geisha of the Shimanouchi district: Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Danshichi no Mohei, from Three Pleasures of Present-day Osaka (Tōsei Naniwa no sankō)「当世浪花の三興　島之内」　「団七の茂兵衛」　三代目中村歌右衛門.

Publisher: Iseya Rihei [伊勢屋利兵衛] (Japanese, fl. 1790s – c. 1879)

Year: 1821 (Bunsei 4).

Size: Vertical ōban; 36.5 x 25.1 cm.

Signed: 於浮瀬亭国貞画 – Drawn by Kunisada in Ukabuse (Ukabuse ni oite Kunisada ga). Ukabuse is the name of a famous restaurant in Osaka, this signature can be found only on a three print bijin series [Kunisada Project].

Censor’s seal: kiwame 改印：極

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III [中村歌右衛門] (Japanese, 1778 – 1838); other names: Nakamura Tamasuke, Nakamura Baigyoku I, Nakamura Shikan I, Kagaya Fukunosuke I.

Character: Danshichi no Mohei [団七茂兵衛].

Ref: MFA ACCESSION NUMBER 11.21936; LIB-2967.2022 Izzard.

Full series (triptych) Three Pleasures of Present-day Osaka (Tōsei Naniwa no sankō):