Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III). Actor Bandō Minosuke II, from the series ‘Fashionable Youths’ / Fan print, 1830.

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada [歌川国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865).

Signed: Kochoro Kuisada ga [香蝶楼国貞画] in a red double-gourd cartouche

Publisher: Enshūya Matabei [遠州屋又兵衛] (Japanese, fl. c. 1768 – 1881).

Series: Fashionable Youths [流行若手揃] (Ryuko Wakate Zoroi).

Actor: Bandō Minosuke II [坂東蓑助] (Japanese, 1802 – 1863); other names: Morita Kan’ya XI, Bandô Mitsugorō IV.

Date-kiwame seals: Bunsei 13 / Tenpō 1 (1830).

One more print from the same series (See Waseda 201-2125); not in this collection: Segawa Kikunojō V [瀬川菊之丞] (Japanese, 1802 – 1832); other names: Segawa Tamon I.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Edo Period, Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper
Technique	Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Subject	Actor print, Actors, Kabuki actor, Kabuki actors, Kabuki theater
Character / Sitter	Bandō Minosuke II [Morita Kan'ya XI, Bandô Mitsugorō IV] (Japanese, 1802 – 1863)
Artist	Utagawa Kunisada [歌川国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Publisher	Enshūya Matabei [遠州屋又兵衛] (Japanese, fl. c. 1768 – 1881)
Publishing year	1830
Size	Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Acquisition year	2019

Collection

Japanese prints and drawings