Utagawa Toyokuni I. Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Nuregami Chōgorō, Nakamura Daikichi as Hanaregoma Oseki, and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Hanaregoma Chōkichi / Fan print, 1820.

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I [歌川豊国] (1769–1825).

Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (fl. 1815 – 1869).

Signed: Toyokuni ga [豊国画].

Publisher’s seal: Ibaya Sensaburō (Marks 08-067 | 127b).

Date-aratame seal: Bunsei 3 (1820).

Size: Uncut fan print (uchiwa-e), 224 x 254 mm.

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Nuregami Chōgorō [濡髪の長五郎], Nakamura Daikichi as Hanaregoma Oseki [放駒のお関], and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Hanaregoma Chōkichi [放駒長吉] in a kabuki play Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki [双蝶々曲輪日記] (A Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters (see: LIB-0879.2015 | Brandon, James R., Leiter, Samuel L. Kabuki Plays on Stage: Brilliance and Bravado, 1697-1766 (Volume 1). — Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2002.) The play was performed at Kawarasakiza (Edo) in May of 1820.

Actors:

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I [市川鰕十郎] (Japanese, 1777 – 1827); other names: Ichikawa Ichizō I [市川市蔵], Ichinokawa Ichizō [市ノ川市蔵].

Nakamura Daikichi I [初代中村大吉](Japanese, 1773 – 1823); other names: Fujikawa Daikichi [藤川大吉]; poetry name Hajō [巴丈]; pen name Naruo Yatarō [藤川大吉].

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII 市川団十郎 (Japanese, 1791 – 1859); other names: Ichikawa Ebizō V, Ichikawa Hakuen II, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Woodblock print
Period	Bunsei era [文政] (04/ 1818 – 12/1830), Early 19th century, Edo Period (1603 – 1868)
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper, Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Subject	Actors, Futatsu Chōchō Kuruwa Nikki [双蝶々曲輪日記] (A Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters), Hanaregoma Chōkichi [放駒長吉], Hanaregoma Oseki [放駒のお関], Kabuki, Kabuki actor, Kabuki actors, Kabuki play, Kabuki theater, Nuregami Chōgorō [濡髪の長五郎]
Character / Sitter	Ichikawa Danjūrō VII [Ichikawa Ebizō V, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I] (Japanese, 1791 – 1859), Ichikawa Ebijūrō I [市川鰕十郎] (Japanese, 1777 – 1827), Nakamura Daikichi [中村大吉] (Japanese, 1773 – 1823)
School	Utagawa (歌川)
Artist	Utagawa Toyokuni I [歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1769 – 1825)
Publisher	Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, fl. 1815 – 1869)
Publishing year	1820, Bunsei 3
Signatures/Inscriptions/Marks	Combined date seal and aratame censor seal, Publisher's seal: Ibaya Sensaburō, Toyokuni ga [豊国画]
Acquisition year	2020

Collection

Japanese prints and drawings